This letter found its way to me.
The bottom line is that the meeting will be at the Gainsborough Labour Club, 394 Landseer Road, Ipswich, IP3 9LX on September 1st, from 4pm to 7pm.
We’re writing to let you know about some work we are proposing to do at our Cliff Quay waste water treatment works in Ipswich. Our plans will not increase any odour that the site generates, and will increase its capacity.
Waste water to you – fertiliser to us!
You might wonder what happens to the water you flush down the toilet, empty out of the sink, or tip into the drain. But it’s at the point the waste leaves you that Anglian Water steps in. We treat the water and clean it up before it’s returned to the environment.
One of the by-products of this treatment process is a nutrient-rich soil improver that we provide to local farmers to use as fertiliser on their land. At Cliff Quay, we treat most of the waste water for this area, and produce approximately 48,000 tonnes of this soil improver each year.
But with proposed growth in the Ipswich area, we know we’ll need to handle more waste water, which will produce more of this fertiliser product. To do this we need to enhance the treatment process at Cliff Quay, and increase the capacity of the waste water treatment works.
We also plan to look at the possibility of further developing the existing commercial composting service at the site, in keeping with national plans for minimising waste.
Please come and see what we’re planning
Anglian Water intends to submit a full planning application to Suffolk County Council, but we’d like you to have the chance to see our proposed development before we submit plans for it.
We’d like to invite you to a public exhibition at
Gainsborough Labour Club, Ipswich on September 1st,
from 4pm to 7pm, so we can share our plans with you.Any questions?
We know you may have questions about our plans. Here are some answers to the queries we’ve already received.
Will the new works cause an increase in smells from the site?
No. Overall, our proposal will not increase any odour from the site. And new installations will have required odour treatment mitigation equipment installed.Will you be expanding the site?
No. All development will take place within the existing boundary of the works.What material will you treat on site?
The site will treat all the waste water from your area, and will continue to treat liquid sludge from other works such as at Bury St Edmunds just as it does now.Will the scheme have any impact on the environment?
We asked Suffolk County Council for their opinion on the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment, and they told us that our plans “would not produce any unusually complex or potentially hazardous environmental effects” and that “it would not be likely to have significant effects on the environment”.What will the development look like?
The proposed layout and appearance of the development will be submitted in support of the planning application. But if you come along on September 1st, we will be able to share these plans with you.What if you can’t make the open day?
If you can’t make it on September 1st, our planning application will be consulted on by Suffolk County Council, and you are welcome to get in touch with them to express your opinion. You’re also welcome to get in touch with me – my contact details are below.
We hope you can make it though, and look forward to meeting you. Don’t
forget – September 1st, between 4pm and 7pm.Yours sincerely,
Steve Swan
Anglian Water Special Projects
sswan@anglianwater.co.uk
Public Meeting. Planning permission. Public nuisance. Cliff Quay. The memories are flooding back.
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