Closer to a cleaner coastline at Croyde
Great progress is being made on a £5 million project to build a comprehensive sewage treatment works to rid Croyde and nearby Georgeham of outdated sewage discharges.
Waste water will be treated to a high quality standard at the new works on Moor Lane before being returned to the environment through the Baggy Point outfall. When complete the project will secure the improvement to bathing water quality currently experienced at Croyde Bay.
Contractors Seacore have successfully upgraded and extended the sea outfall at Baggy Point at a cost of nearly £200,000 and the lower coastal path has now been reopened. This was a particularly challenging task carried out underwater in a tidal area.
Work is now underway to construct the treatment works. Once this is complete the mechanical and electrical processes will be installed and finally the boundary wall will be built. The use of natural stone will ensure the works blends into the surrounding countryside.
The sewerage treatment system is anticipated to be operational by March 2003 and excavations should be reinstated by the end of July 2003.
"We are pleased with the progress and success of this essential project which will safeguard the local environment and encourage tourists to visit the north Devon coastline," said Andy Hohl, South West Water's Project Leader. "We are now well on the way to providing Croyde and Georgeham with sewage treatment for the first time ever".
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For further information please contact Dina Chandler, Communications Officer on 01392 443021.
 Closer to a cleaner coastline at Croyde
Published: 10 October 2002
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