New sewage works has led to a cleaner shoreline, say Beach Buddies - Ramsey, Isle of Man
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Mike_bjm
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The outfall for Balladoole Waste Water Treatment Works is located on the North Beach at Ramsey.
Waymark Code: WMY075
Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 03/26/2018
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The outfall for Balladoole Waste Water Treatment Works is located on the North Beach at Ramsey. The cleansed water from Balladoole returns to the Vollan Pumping Station under gravity and is then discharged into the Irish Sea.
The new plant at Ballodoole has ensured that the cleansed water discharged into the sea meet all the current DEFR Standards.
The Balladoole Waste Water Treatment Works has resulted in a cleaner beach in Ramsey. The facility was opened earlier in the year.
Beach Buddies a voluntary organisation which undertakes regular beach cleaning exercise around the Isle of Man says that the opening of the Balladoole facility has led to 'massive reduction in the number of babywipes and other items flushed down the toilet ending up on the beach in Ramsey.
The wastewater facility at Balladoole was opened during the summer of 2017 as part of Manx Utilities Regional Sewage Treatment Strategy("RSTS") Phase 1.
Phase 1 of Manx Utilities RSTS programme was approved by the Manx Government in April 2011.
Phase 1 of programme was completed within Budget serves the following communities:
Booilushag
Bride
Corony
Dalby
Glen Maye
Glen Mona
Jurby
Kirk Michael
Maughold
Patrick.
The programme also brought effective treatment for the first time to the catchments of Port Leaigue, Andreas and Ramsey.
Balladoole (Ramsey) is now the largest Integrated Rotating Biological Contactor ("IRBC") sewage treatment facility on the Isle of Man.
Wikipedia provides the following explanation of Rotating Biological Contract wastewater treatment:
'A rotating biological contactor or RBC is a biological treatment process used in the treatment of wastewater following primary treatment. The primary treatment process means protection by removal of grit and sand and coarse material through a screening process, followed by a removal process of sediment by settling. The RBC process involves allowing the wastewater to come in contact with a biological medium in order to remove pollutants in the wastewater before discharge of the treated wastewater to the environment, usually a body of water (river, lake or ocean). A rotating biological contactor is a type of secondary (Biological) treatment process. It consists of a series of closely spaced, parallel discs mounted on a rotating shaft which is supported just above the surface of the waste water. Microorganisms grow on the surface of the discs where biological degradation of the wastewater pollutants takes place.' (
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Effluent from Ramsey and Andreas is now pumped to the works at Balladoole, where once treated it returns under gravity to Vollan to be discharged at the original sea outfall.
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