ANNUAL REPORT

EXTRACT FROM 2007 ANNUAL REPORT

For many decades approximately 1 million gallons (4,545 cubic metres) of papermaking effluent were discharged each day into settlement lagoons on the Group’s Burneside site. Within the lagoons the effluent underwent primary settlement.

This process separated out solid material, "sludge", whilst liquids were pumped to United Utilities’ Kendal Wastewater Treatment Works for further treatment before being discharged
into the River Kent. The primary settlement process yielded approximately 10,000 tonnes of "sludge" per annum, of which the water content was 85%. The operation necessitated the alternative use of two primary settlement lagoons, each being emptied every 6 to 8 weeks once full. On removal from the lagoons "sludge" was deposited in the Group’s landfill site.

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