Work to start next month on constructing second wetland in Herefordshire

Work to construct a second wetland in Herefordshire is set to get underway next month.

Costing a total of £1m, the project is intended to allow for more building in the county to take place by compensating for the likely water pollution this will generate.

It follows the creation of a first wetland north of Leominster in Luston, which ended up winning an environmental award.

The council granted itself planning permission for the scheme a year ago, and say the location for the site will be at the Tarrington waste water treatment works between Hereford and Ledbury.

It explained at the time that the wetland would reduce phosphorus levels in waste water from the nearby treatment works before it drains into the Tarrington Beck.

A contractor is due to be appointed for the work in September, with it set to take until the end of October next year to complete.

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