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RECYCLED WATER FLOODS IN

By Richard Wright - Thursday, May 15, 2008
A COOL one million litres of water a day — enough to fill 10,000 baths — is being saved by a £7 million investment in state-of-the-art recycling equipment, which takes water out of sludge.
The project is part of £700 million-worth of environmental improvements being carried out for Southern Water throughout Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Island between 2005 and 2010.
The water company said its new equipment, which is nearing completion, will take 90 per cent of the water from a thin sludge that previously went to waste.
Southern Water section leader Des Eastman said: “This is a cost-effective and eco-friendly way of putting good quality water back into the system.
“The project will improve the works’ capacity to recycle more water and reinforce the supplies in the south of the Island.
“Water resources need to be managed carefully on the IW, especially in the summer when its population doubles.”