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Prestigious engineering award for NI Water’s Ballykelly Wastewater project team

Paddy Leonard, 27 Jan

NI Water’s project team working on the new Ballykelly Wastewater

Treatment Works has been awarded the Institution of Civil Engineers

(ICE) NI Sustainability Award. This ICE award is presented to a project

that demonstrates sustainability through innovation and is the third

award for the Ballykelly project in recent months, with recent wins at

the Green Apple Awards and Construction Excellence Awards organised by

the Construction Employer’s Federation (CEF).

BSG was the main contractor for the Ballykelly project, with RPS

providing project management and technical support.

Receiving the award at the ICE’s recent annual dinner, NI Water’s CEO

Sara Venning said: “We are delighted to receive this prestigious award

from the ICE, which is the third award for the Ballykelly plant. I

would like to pay tribute to the wider NI Water project team

for leading the way with sustainable solutions to wastewater treatment.

“The Ballykelly project involved utilising more eco-friendly wastewater

treatment approaches, including reed beds and maximising the use of

renewables as part of the treatment process. This forward-thinking

design will provide a natural, long-term and resilient solution for

customers in the Ballykelly area well into the future.

“As custodians of the environment, we are proud of the work completed

at the Ballykelly plant, and look forward to continuing a similar

approach on other schemes across NI as we continue our ambitions to

pursue a net zero sustainable future. The new solar panel system has

now been upgraded with the addition of NI Water’s first battery energy

storage system, which has now been switched on!

“Developed in-house, this innovative battery system is the first of its

kind for NI Water and will bring many efficiency benefits and cost

savings to the company in light of rising energy prices.”

The Ballykelly project beat off stiff competition and was shortlisted

alongside six worthy projects, which demonstrate excellent community

and environmental benefits.

This award showcases some of the current civil engineering projects in

the region that are demonstrating excellence in sustainability based on

the following criteria: innovation, community and environmental

benefit, economy of materials and labour, value engineering, as well as

health and safety.

NI Water has an ambitious strategy to address the climate emergency and

become carbon neutral by 2050. Find out more

at www.niwater.com/climatechange/