Tynwald members reject further external review
Tynwald has voted to spend a further £16.95 million on regional sewage works in Peel, Laxey and Baldrine.
It’s on top of £23.5 million previously approved for the scheme.
Chair of Manx Utilities Rob Callister told Tynwald that pumping […]
Chairman set to ask Tynwald for millions of pounds to complete work
The time has come to end the discharge of raw sewage into the sea.
That’s the message from the Chairman of Manx Utilities, Rob Callister, who will ask Tynwald […]
But is Glenfaba House being considered again?
Manx Utilities says it’s continuing to work with landowners and stakeholders to identify new sites for proposed sewage treatment plants.
It’s purchased a number of sites in the west and east of the Island.
Chair Rob […]
The Manx Utilities Authority is approaching the final phase of its Regional Sewage Treatment Strategy.
MUA Chair, Rob Callister, says work continues with local stakeholders and landowners to identify sites for stations in Garff and Peel, with the ambition of completing […]
Land owners and stakeholder groups can expect to learn more next week
Are you an avid sea go-er? If so, you’ll be following the Manx Utilities Authority’s Sewage Treatment Strategy blog with great interest.
The authority’s project to instate treatment plants in the […]
A MHK feels Manx Utilities should adjust bills for water and sewerage to make up for the ’unfair’ difference in treatment of residents across the island by other rating bodies.
Chris Thomas, MHK for Douglas Central, asked the chair of […]
Scheme could cost up to £9.5 million
A spat over sewage?
A split has emerged in the Manx parliament over how to solve the problem of raw, untreated sewage being pumped into the sea at Peel.
At present, raw waste from the town is drained by gravity to a pumping station on the promenade […]
Environment and Infrastructure Policy Review Committee – First Report into Regional Sewerage Treatment Strategy for Peel.
Thank you, Mr President.
I rise today to ask this honourable Court to approve the Recommendations of the Environment and Infrastructure Policy Review Committee’s first report for this […]
Tynwald debates report on regional sewage treatment
The findings of a parliamentary committee on the issue of sewerage treatment in the west of the Island are set to be rejected by government today (15 May).
Chaired by Rob Callister MHK, the Environment and Infrastructure Policy Review Committee has made seven recommendations in its report on phase two of […]
The government is set to try to derail a select committee report calling for a costs review of its sewage treatment strategy.
It is poised to oppose several key recommendations from Tynwald’s environmental and infrastructure policy review committee next week.
Moreover, in a formal response, it criticises that committee’s report.
Manx Utilities […]