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Proposed upgrade to Culham Sewage Treatment Works (STW), comprising of the diversion of four existing rising main to site to new screen reception chamber; the installation of two new inlet screens on raised platform including access metawork (10 m in length, 8.5 m in width and 8 m in height); above-ground feed and return pipes to new screens; two new pile cloth filters (PCF) feed and recirculation pumping station; PCP backwash pumping station including above ground tank with slab mounted pumps (2.1 in diameter and 2 min height); new washwater tank and booster units (2.1 m in length, 1.2 in width and 1.1 m in height); new final effluent weir chamber (2.1 m in length, 1.2 m in width and 1.1 m in height); new chemical dosing unit with a dosing point at inlet flume, and associated safety shower and bund/interlock valve (11 m in length, 4 m in width and 5 m in height); new Motor Control Centre (MCC) and distribution units (10 m in length, 2.5 m in width and 4 m in height); transformer upgrade for the provision of a 200 kV diesel powered generator; installation of new underground pipes requiring 90 m of hedgerow removal; the demolition of the existing sewage wet well and associated chambers and the demolition of five disused sludge beds

Culham Wastewater Treatment Works, Culham, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DD

Application DecidedReference: MW.0056/25Oxfordshire County Council

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Culham Wastewater Treatment Works, Culham, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DD

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Application summary

Status
Application Decided
Application type
Screening Opinion
Received
Not published
Validated
2 Jun 2025
Determination deadline
Not published
Local authority
Oxfordshire County Council

Application overview

Proposed upgrade to Culham Sewage Treatment Works (STW), comprising of the diversion of four existing rising main to site to new screen reception chamber; the installation of two new inlet screens on raised platform including access metawork (10 m in length, 8.5 m in width and 8 m in height); above-ground feed and return pipes to new screens; two new pile cloth filters (PCF) feed and recirculation pumping station; PCP backwash pumping station including above ground tank with slab mounted pumps (2.1 in diameter and 2 min height); new washwater tank and booster units (2.1 m in length, 1.2 in width and 1.1 m in height); new final effluent weir chamber (2.1 m in length, 1.2 m in width and 1.1 m in height); new chemical dosing unit with a dosing point at inlet flume, and associated safety shower and bund/interlock valve (11 m in length, 4 m in width and 5 m in height); new Motor Control Centre (MCC) and distribution units (10 m in length, 2.5 m in width and 4 m in height); transformer upgrade for the provision of a 200 kV diesel powered generator; installation of new underground pipes requiring 90 m of hedgerow removal; the demolition of the existing sewage wet well and associated chambers and the demolition of five disused sludge beds

Proposal details

Reference
MW.0056/25
Agent
Lizzie Howling

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DocumentPublishedAction
EIA Screening Opinion - Culham STWApplication Documents20 Jun 2025View
Culham STW EIA Screening Opinion Request - L481.01-EX-CULHS1ZZ-100-RP-EN-9206Application Documents20 Jun 2025View
SODC Acknowledgement Letter (16/07/2025)Application Documents17 Jul 2025View

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