Beccles

Hello Beccles

Thank you to everyone who attended our event.

 

Through working hard with partners and local people in their communities, we are restoring and regenerating our natural environment, creating an even better place to live and work through our local actions.

Here are some key projects:

If you live in Beccles your drinking water comes from the Barsham Water Treatment Works (WTW).

  • Up to approximately 18 million litres of water (12 Olympic swimming pools) can be treated daily to ensure a reliable supply of clean drinking water.
  • The water flowing into Barsham WTW comes from a combination of the River Waveney and ground water source (boreholes).
  • The WTW sends treated water towards Beccles, Broome, Lowestoft, Shadingfield and Southwold.

We have spent £49.3m upgrading the treatment works. The project has seen the creation of a new underground reservoir on land next to the existing treatment works.

  • This reservoir can hold 20 million litres of treated water (8 Olympic swimming pools), ready to be supplied to customers across areas including Beccles, Bungay, Lowestoft, Shadingfield & Ilketshall.
  • The upgrades have also included future expansion capability for potential new water transfer schemes and a brand-new Borehole & Treatment Works Process to replace the ageing existing treatment works.

In 2025-30 we will invest £1.5bn – our largest ever sum.

  • We’re creating 3,000 jobs a year across our business and adding £1.7bn to the local economy through employment and using local suppliers.
  • We’re investing £386m in new water supplies to ensure the security of your water supply in the future.
  • Investing £17.5m to reduce what are already the lowest leakage levels in the country.
  • £73.4m on helping you to save water by introducing compulsory water meters and offering water saving tips.

 

Bluespaces are water environments accessible to customers via road, footpath, bridleway, other public rights of way, or at a country park or beach.

  • We made a pledge to improve 500km of Bluespaces for our customers by 2030. By 2025 we’ll be halfway there, after completing more than 70 projects through partners, and we have big ambitions for delivering positively impactful projects where they are most needed in the second half of the programme.
  • So far, since it started in 2020, Bluespaces has helped deliver over 5,000 volunteer days and engaged over 700 volunteers across 40 projects. Our co-funding has helped plant nearly 8,000 new trees, created over 400 hectares of new wetland, and helped tackle eight different kinds of invasive non-native species (INNS), as well as enhancing access and recreational facilities for local communities. 
  • Please visit 'Our Scheme' for more information.
  • We encourage our customers and local groups to let us know where and what these should be. If you have any ideas, get in touch by emailing Bluespaces@nwl.co.uk

The Branch Out fund supports projects that protect local ecosystems. Enhancing and linking habitats protects local flora and fauna by building their resilience to climate change.

  • If you, or your organisation, are involved in a project doing this, then the Branch Out Fund might be able to help you! Applications for grants of anywhere between £1 - £10,000 are very welcome. The guidance notes on projects that quality for grant funding is here. Email applications to Branchout@NWL.co.uk

We know our communities are facing a cost-of-living crisis with bills going up.

  • We are committed to helping those that need it most. If you or anyone you know is struggling to pay their bills, please talk to us.
  • There are lots of ways we can help: eswater.co.uk/bill-help.
  • We’re increasing our customer support to over £66m. This will include a £20m hardship fund.
  • The extra money raised by increased bills will only fund improvements in our water and sewerage systems.

Giving back to our local communities through our employee volunteer scheme: Just An Hour

  • We think it’s important to give back to make a positive impact in our local communities. All our team are encouraged to volunteer to support community groups and charities through our Just an Hour scheme.
  • This initiative gets our teams out in the communities we serve, supporting great causes. People choose causes that resonate with them personally.
  • Want to know more or nominate a charity? Please see: 'Just an hour: case studies'.

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