Designed to strengthen the network and help improve water quality in local watercourses, the project will add stormwater storage and upgraded pumping capacity, reducing intermittent discharges from the combined sewer network during periods of heavy rainfall.
Barhale will construct a 10.5m diameter, 16m deep shaft providing 770m鲁 of additional storage. The shaft will be constructed within a cofferdam and underpinned to manage high perched water levels and loose ground.
Barhale will also upgrade the existing pumping station, construct a new pumping station and deliver full mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation works. New access to the site from the main road will be completed through a Section 278 agreement with local authorities.
The Silverdale project is part of an extensive multi-site water infrastructure improvement programme taking place across Stoke which includes new shafts to provide additional stormwater overflow capacity at Etruria Vale and Lower Oxford Road.
The works are being delivered within Severn Trent鈥檚 WINEP programme 鈥� an initiative focused on reducing intermittent discharges from Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) and improving the health of local watercourses.