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Tour: Les Bond and Martin Ross from Southern Water showed Sir George around the hi-tech plant. NOP

WITH as many as 4,500 new houses destined for Andover in the coming two decades policymakers are looking closely at any environmental problems such expansion may bring.

At the top of the list is the impact it could have on the environmentally sensitive River Test south of the treatment works at Fullerton.

With large developments already in the pipeline for East Anton, Picket Twenty and now Picket Piece the situation at the works looks increasingly challenging.

Planning officer Steve Lees told Test Valley Borough Council that the issue was about whether the plant had the capacity to keep phosphates and nitrates in the river at an acceptable level.

MP Sir George Young, who recently paid a fact-finding visit to the plant, said he asked senior engineers there whether there would be sufficient capacity at Fullerton to cope with the growing population in Andover.

"I was told that the current capacity was nearly 360 litres per second and this is being increased to 450," he said.

"The contract for this expansion is due to finish early next year. They are confident this will deal with the planned expansion of the town."

Sir George was also shown how a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant is making use of biogases produced during processes at the treatment works as they turn sewage into fertiliser products.

The gas is used to generate electricity to power the works. Any surplus is retu-rned to the National Grid.

11:15am Thursday 9th October 2008

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