A £28 million new scheme has guaranteed high-quality drinking water for tens of thousands of people across the Llyn Peninsula.

The water treatment works at Dolbenmaen will supply drinking water to more than 10,000 customers on the Llyn and in Porthmadog, following the investment from Welsh Water.

The not-for-profit company made the investment as part of a £120m upgrade plan, with the new works officially opened by cabinet secretary for environment and rural affairs, Lesley Griffiths AM earlier this week.

The investment has been carried out to ensure more stringent water quality standards are met and was part of an upgrade to 12 water treatment works across Wales.

Water for customers in the area was previously treated at Cwmystradllyn Treatment Works, built in 1954, and a smaller works in Dolbenmaen, which was built in 1984.

Dolbenmaen was only used in the summer to support higher demand for water from tourists visiting the area.

But with both works nearing the end of their operational lives, the company decided it needed new £28m works in Dolbenmaen.

This “state-of-the-art” works houses the latest processes, equipment and technology, all built within buildings that have been specifically designed to blend in with their agricultural surroundings.

Read the full story in today’s Arfon/Dwyfor edition of the Cambrian News