PIPES in Oban are to be refurbished to ensure customers enjoy the highest quality of drinking water well into the future.
The £200,000 project will start on Monday January 16 with work to re-line the internal surface of pipes in Glenshellach Terrace. This improves the water quality from the existing water mains by cleaning any deposits that have built up over time. Work is expected to last around eight weeks and coincides with Scottish Water’s ongoing construction of a new £29 million water treatment plant to serve the area.
The new facility, which is scheduled to open later in 2017, will serve more than 12,000 customers and have the capacity to meet extra demand during the summer – when the area’s population can double – as well as meet the requirements of future development.