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Ardoch Sewage Treatment Works
Sewage Works (21st Century)
Site Name Ardoch Sewage Treatment Works
Classification Sewage Works (21st Century)
Canmore ID 350800
Site Number NS37NE 226
NGR NS 3740 7570
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/350800
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Cardross (West Dumbartonshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
Field Visit
The Ardoch sewage treatment works occupies 3ha of land on the west side of Dumbarton, where it is sandwiched between the River Clyde immediately to the south and the Glasgow to Helensburgh railway line. The works, which was completed in 2001, provides secondary treatment for sewage and replaced former septic tank discharges (https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/38449/scotlands-water-environment-review-2000-2006-case-studies.pdf, accessed 26 May 2016). Set within a fenced compound, it comprises a complex of aeration and clarification tanks as well as operational and administrative buildings.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 21 May 2015.
