Contained within a site area of around 180,000 square metres (almost 2 million square feet) and located at Duncrue, Belfast WwTW was designed to treat a domestic and trade population equivalent of 290,000. The current works was built in 1991 to replace the original Victorian works which dates back to the early 1900s. Northern Ireland Water are investing nearly £10M in the works to ensure compliance and increase capacity.
Phase 0 involves design and construction of two new treatment tanks with a capacity equivalent in volume to six Olympic-size swimming pools, sized to cope with current and short-term future wastewater requirements. The two new treatment tanks provide much-needed additional secondary treatment capacity and augment the existing process to ensure that the discharge to Belfast Lough remains compliant with Northern Ireland Environment Agency standards. The new assets will also facilitate essential improvements within the associated sewerage networks and will enable maintenance works to be undertaken in the other treatment tanks at a future date.
McAdam undertook the feasibility assessment and design for the scheme and the Project Management of the construction phase.
This upgrade to Belfast WwTW, as part of the Living with Water Programme, will help protect the sensitive waters of Belfast Lough. Contained within a site area of around 180,000 square metres (almost 2 million square feet), Belfast WwTW was designed to treat a domestic and trade population equivalent of 290,000. The current works was built in 1991 to replace the original Victorian works which dates back to the early 1900s. This upgrade will help support development and aid economic growth in the city by increasing the plant’s design capacity from a Population Equivalent of 290,000 to nearly 500,000.
