North East Water has completed a preliminary design for the upgrade of Beechworth Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and obtained a development license from the EPA. It is now seeking to engage a Principal Contractor under a design and construct contract to deliver the works.
The Beechworth WWTP located on McFeeters Road is to be upgraded from a lagoon-based treatment process to a biological nutrient removal plant from which treated water will continue to flow to a nearby waterway or be used for onsite irrigation.
The scope of works will include new concrete bioreactors and associated equipment, inlet works, UV system and outfall pipework, sludge thickener, aerobic digester, sludge dewatering unit, electrical and control systems, connection to existing assets at key interface points, and refurbishing an existing lagoon for flow/load buffering.