South West Water has teamed up with a local videographer in Dawlish to create a suite of high-resolution videos showcasing progress on the town’s major investment programme to improve water quality by reducing the use of storm overflows.
Neil Salter, who formed Coast Cams in 2014 to provide a unique coastal view of Dawlish through high-quality videos, is now using his skills to promote South West Water’s work to future-proof Dawlish’s wastewater network.
Several solutions are being delivered for Dawlish, including new storm tanks, separating sewage from surface rainwater, and fixing issues where groundwater is seeping into existing pipework – putting added strain on the network. These are all designed to reduce storm overflow use.
So far preparation work has been completed for the new storm works which are being built at The Lawn and Sandy Lane, including pipe diversions to allow space for the new tanks.
The Coast Cams videos will focus first on South West Water’s work on the tanks, which will each have 2.2 million litres of storage, by bringing to life the construction and providing a fresh perspective on the size and scale of the work being delivered.
South West Water’s scheme in Dawlish is the first of many as part of its record £760 million Turning the Tide programme to reduce the use of storm overflows across the region over the next five years.
Kakha Tatelishvili, South West Water’s Project Manager for Dawlish, said:
“Our teams are making great progress with our essential investment for Dawlish to help protect and improve the local bathing waters for many years to come.
“We continue to work closely with everyone in the area to minimise disruption as much as possible, and teaming up with Neil Salter provides us with a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate the scale of the improvements we are delivering and to help keep locals informed every step of the way.”
Neil said:
“When South West Water announced they were starting work in Dawlish, I thought it would be a great idea to film progress tours of this important work to help protect our beaches and wildlife.
“I’m really pleased to have completed the first of our video updates and I’m looking forward to working alongside South West Water and its contractors more to bring locals along on the journey.”
For more information and updates on South West Water’s work in Dawlish, and to view the first Coast Cams video, visit www.southwestwater.co.uk/dawlish