Mitcheldean Water Treatment Works
Courtesy of: A Forester. Uploaded: May 2009.
Mitcheldean Water Treatment Works
Above is Mitcheldean Water Treatment Works during construction in the early 1970s. The structure, top right, is the raw water reservoir which is filled overnight via a pumped supply from the river Wye. The large structure, bottom left, is the treated water reservoir (after clarification, filtration and chlorination) - the water that ends up in our homes. This structure is mainly underground and looks just like a large raised football pitch - without the goals and players, of course. The other picture is a plaque fixed to a spade to commemorate the planting of a tree and to acknowledge commencement of the works construction.
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