Water in stream improved
Hungry bugs are helping to improve the quality of water released into Tickerage stream in East Sussex after Southern Water completed a £1 million environmental scheme.
Southern Water's Blackboy's Wastewater Treatment Works at Gun Road, Blackboys, near Uckfield, has been given an upgrade to ensure the water recycled back into Tickerage stream continues to meet stringent environmental standards.
One of the many treatment stages involves water percolating over a special bed of stone which acts as a natural filter.
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Hide AdEnvironmentally-friendly organisms live on the stone and eat tiny particles found in the wastewater, removing excess bacteria.
Southern Water's contractor 4Delivery (4D) carried out the improvement work, which started in June 2006 and is now complete.