Sewage treatment plant gets a makeover

摘要

A UK-based company has commenced installation on its latest multi-million-pound contract for the manufacture, testing, installation and commissioning of 13 pumps to Thames Water for the refurbishment of the Intake Pumping Station at Crossness., also based in the UK. Crossness is one of Thames Water's largest sewage treatment works, treating sewage from a population of more than 2 million. Crossness Sewage Treatment Works has been serving the population of London since the mid 19th century when the original complex, initially called the Southern Outfall Works, was officially opened in 1865. This comprised the Crossness Engine House, Boiler House and associated structures all of which were designed in the Romanesque style with spectacular ornamentation. At that time raw sewage was not treated but pumped away by four single cylinder rotative beam engines, which were later replaced by diesel engines.