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London Tideway Tunnels
Modernising London’s Sewerage System
Rob Furniss
AECOM Water
Global Director of Community Infrastructure
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The Background to London’s Sewers
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1848 – Cholera deaths peak In London1858 - The Great Stink – Parliament suspended
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London Cholera Deaths
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“Lost” rivers of London
River Roding
Barking Creek
Stoke NewingtonHampstead
BowIslington
Waterloo
Black
DitchErith
Notting Hill
Bev erley B rookBev erley B rookBev erley B rookBev erley B rook
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Forest Hill
Roehampton
Streatham
Eltham
WoolwichWaterloo
Battersea
Chelsea
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Plan
London’s Sewers - Evolution and Complexity
Original sewers and local collectors River
Wall
RiverThames
Section
High Tide
Low Tide
Storm relief sewers and pumping station
Bazalgette’s Interceptor Sewers
Thames
Ground level
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Intercepting sewers
Central LondonIntercepting Sewersat the present day
Hampstead
StokeNewington
Notting Hill
Bow
Waterloo
Abbey MillsPumping Station
Middle Level No. 1
PiccadillyBranch
High Level
Western
BermondseyBranch
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Northern
Northern Outfall
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thern Outfall No. 1
NorthernLowLevelNo. 1
Lan
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ranch
LowLevel No. 2
Middle Level No. 2
Southern Outfall No. 2
Islington
Western Pumping
Station
CrossnessPumping Station
Sewer
3288-03/127
Roehampton
Streatham
ForestHill
Eltham
Woolwich
DeptfordPumpingStation
Western
Fulham
Branch
High LevelExtension
Southern
Low Level
SouthernHigh Level No. 1
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Western Pumping
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1859 – 1865 Construction of Bazalgette’s new interceptor sewers
Northern Outfall Sewer Sewer tunnels
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The Victorian legacy
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After 150 years …….an Upgrade is Required
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Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
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London’s sewerage system today – mostly combined
Beckton STW
Crossness STW
Separate system
Partially separate system
Combined system
Percentage Connected
Crossness STW
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Distribution of impermeability in the Thames Tideway catchment
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Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs)
• Sir Joseph Bazalgette’s sewerage system constructed with 57 CSO
points along the tidal River Thames.
• CSOs prevent flooding to buildings and streets by diverting excess
sewage into the river when full to capacity after rainfall.
• On average, in excess of 32 million tonnes of untreated sewage is
estimated to be discharged annually.
• Discharges occur more than once a week on average.
• Many sewers run 80% full on dry weather flow
• As little as 2mm of rainfall can trigger a discharge.
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57 existing Combined Sewer Overflows
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Existing Combined Sewer Overflows
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Discharging CSO
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London Tideway Tunnels - CSOs proportion of discharge
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Thames Tunnel CSOs proportion of discharge
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Increasing recreational use of River Thames
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Headline news
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The SolutionThe London Tideway Tunnels
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Solutions?
Action before sewer: Source Control &
Sustainable Urban
Drainage Systems
(SUDS)
NO
Within sewer network:
Localised storage &
separation.
NO
In-river: More ‘Bubbler’ &
‘Skimmer’ vessels. NO
Intercept overflows:
central storage &
transfer.
YES
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Pump out toBeckton STW
Crossness
Abbey
Mills PS
Houses of
Parliament
Tower ofLondon
Thames Barrier
The Thames and Lee tunnels Option 1c
This figure is indicative only and subject to site selection process and further design work
Earl PS
Greenwich PS
Proposed Lee Tunnel
Proposed Thames Tunnel
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Pumping station
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Gravity
Sewage treatment works
Pumping station
CrossnessSTW
WesternPS
Heathwall PS
HammersmithPS
STW
PS
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CSO Interception
Section
High Tide
Low Tide
Ground level
Main tunnel
Interception chamber and drop shaft
Connection tunnel
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London Tideway Tunnels
Thames Tunnel
Lee Tunnel
• 6.9km tunnel from Abbey Mills Pumping Station to Beckton STW.
• £400m project. Largest single contract ever awarded by Thames Water.
• Will intercept 16 million cubic metres of storm sewage that currently makes its way into the River Thames.
• 32.2km (20 mile) tunnel from west London to Beckton Sewage Treatment Works.
• Starting point still to be determined, major shaft sites and combined sewer overflow
connection points required.
• Planning application to be submitted 2011.
• Construction not expected to start until 2012/13 for completion by 2020.
Thames Tunnel
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Thames Tunnel – ground conditions
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London ClayThanet Sands and Lambeth
BedsChalk
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Tideway Tunnels – 8.8m OD tunnel boring machine (TBM)
Technical challenges
• Tunnel-to-tunnel connections
beneath river
• Lining durability - 150 yr design life
• Transient pressure waves
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Earth Pressure Balance Machine
• Aquifer protection
• Proximity to other tunnels
• Settlement impact on third parties
• Construction logistics: 80m water
pressure through chalk/very long
drives
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Ground investigations
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Challenges
• 34 CSOs
• Up to 60m3/s
• Up to 30m dia
shafts
• Up to 75m deep
CSO interception
• Up to 75m deep
• De-aeration
• Air release
• CSO interception
in river or busy
London Streets
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Assessment of fluvial impact of works
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Operation and maintenance - purpose made inspection vehicle in Milwaukee sewer tunnel
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The search for shaft sites
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Consultation
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Timeline
Reportto
Government
Dec 2006
Planningapplication
ThamesTunnel
2011
CommissionThamesTunnel
2020
Consultation began
Autumn 2008
Public consultation on preferred sites
Mid 2010
Minister’sdecision
Mar 2007
ThamesTunnel
contract awards
2012
Site identification
Spring-Autumn 2009
Finalise list of sites
Summer 2010
Planning application
Lee Tunnel
& Beckton STW
May 2008
LeeTunnel
contractaward
Early 2010
CommissionLee
Tunnel&
Beckton STW
2014
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Thank You
Questions?