Link magazine, Spring 2008 [PDF, 4,450k] - South Norfolk Council

Left to right: LeoBarnes, NorwichWorks Managerand ChristopherSmith, ProcessOptimiser, bothof Anglian Waterand Gary Johnsonof consultantengineers,Fenland HydrotechFirst stage achieved in£4.9m improvement tosewage worksThe first of more than 60council-owned sewagetreatment plants and pumpingstations has been handedover to Anglian Water. The£4.9m scheme to rebuild orimprove the council’s worksto meet modern health, safetyand environmental standardsis the council’s biggestever programme of civilengineering works.The Councilis not a sewageauthority andcustomers will bebetter off if AnglianWater takes over theworks. But most ofthem are more than50 years old anddesperately needreplacement. Wehave to get them toa better standardbefore AnglianWater will take themon.Cllr Martin Wilby,Cabinet memberresponsible for theprogramme23Home FrontFloods advice road show comes toBawburgh and Surlingham“This has impressed onme and on every oneof us the importance ofbeing prepared for floods.This is a communityresponsibility.”Councillor David BillsWith the disastrous scenesof flooding in Hull andGloucestershire still freshin everyone’s minds, SouthNorfolk Council worked withthe Environment Agencyto visit communities in thedistrict with advice.In October, they were atthe Ferry House Inn carpark, Surlingham and thenthe Kings Head car park,Bawburgh, two beautifulSouth Norfolk villages close torivers and broads.We took part inthat and also the followupexercise testing howcouncils like ours wouldmanage the post floodingrecovery.Cllr David BillsCabinet Memberfor the Environment“These roadshows followthe recent and successfulOperation Pontus floodevacuation and recoveryexercise, which tested theresponse of all the servicesand statutory authoritiesacross the county to apredicted major floodingincident along the NorthNorfolk coast.Councillor Sue Thomson,who represents the villageof Surlingham as part ofher Rockland ward is alsoconcerned to ensure localpeople are prepared, as areCouncillor Garry Wheatley,who represents Cringlefordward, where Bawburgh isbased, and his colleagueCouncillor ChristopherKemp.Cllr Sue Thomson,Rockland Ward