Lanarkshire water plant installs UK-first power scheme

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A Lanarkshire water treatment plant is to install the UK’s first hydropower scheme allowing the generation of electricity from waste water.The “pioneering” project will see a turbine being installed at Hamilton waste water treatment works and is set to offset more than a tenth of the facility’s annual power requirements when it begins operating by the end of autumn,Construction work is currently underway; and the scheme has already been nominated in two categories at next month’s water industry awards in Birmingham.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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