A new Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) has been completed in Kingussie.

The £4m facility will help to ensure the ongoing protection of the River Spey as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Scottish Water has said.

The WWTW has been designed to meet additional future treatment capacity.

Commenting on the project, Joanna Peebles, Scottish Water's Regional Communities Manager, said: "We are really pleased at how this works will bring a number of benefits to the local community. Many of them are here today to help celebrate the opening of the works as it marks Scottish Water's commitment to help improve the natural environment as well as to really engage with the people of Kingussie."


Colin Munns, Scottish Water's Waste Water Asset Planner, added: "This all new WWTW replaces one that was constructed in the 1960s and will ensure Kingussie has the best level of treatment well into the future. With this works, Scottish Water has built an efficient and reliable asset to benefit all our Kingussie customers."

(JP/IT)