A Parish Councillor attended Wessex Water’s community drop-in session in Thornbury to raise two matters concerning its water recycling centre on New Passage Road.

The first related to the quality of the treated water discharged into Chessell Pill. Wessex Water subsequently provided its mean sampling results alongside the site’s permitted limits:

Measurement	Mean result	Permit limit
Ammonia as nitrogen	0.8	10
Biochemical Oxygen Demand	7.79	20
Chemical Oxygen Demand	26.45	125
pH	7.4	9
Suspended solids	9.57	40

The company stated that these are the substances it is required to monitor at the site and that the reported results are within the permitted limits. Phosphorus may also be present but is not currently included in the Environment Agency’s monitoring requirements for this facility.

The second matter concerned the potential conflict between Wessex Water’s HGV movements and pedestrians and cyclists using New Passage Road. The Parish Council asked the company to approach South Gloucestershire Council, support the prioritisation of an extension to the footway as far as the facility’s entrance and consider contributing towards the cost.

Wessex Water responded that it would not be able to provide funding for the road improvement, as it considers the work to be the responsibility of the local authority.

The Parish Council will consider both responses and any appropriate follow-up action at a forthcoming meeting.