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Sunday 23 January 2011

Treatment Plant Open Day a Success

A possible new tourist attraction?
For the first time since its opening in 1897 the Cowes sewage treatment plant was able to signal a red-letter day last Saturday 17th July. Having been temporarily closed for a complete refit to bring it up to the most modern standards of ISO15002 and the exigences of health and safety law the reinstatement of normal function was celebrated by a public open day. As of Monday 19th all discharge into the Solent will have ceased and it is hoped that normal bathing on beaches in the north Wight area will resume by the 26th currents permitting.


Visitors arrived in the teens and the short queue was impatient for the gates to open dead on 11 am.


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2 comments:

  1. Vic Nick24 January 2011 at 00:11

    Three cheeers for David Pugh for making this happen. It's about time that all the island now has proper sewer treatment.

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