Olympic Park utilities building operational

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Olympic Park utilities building operational

15 Jan 2010

A new utilities building that takes waste from venues in the Olympic Park is now in use.

Pumping station

The new pumping station building in the south of the Park will collect, convey and discharge waste water from the main venues and buildings on the Park during the Games and after 2012 from the venues and residential developments.

The building’s outside features Sir Joseph Bazalgette’s designs of London’s first sewer network, which was built in the 19^th Century.

Olympic Delivery Authority Director of Infrastructure and Utilities Simon Wright said: ‘The pumping station delivers another essential building block in a new network of utilities that will serve the Olympic Park for generations to come. While the new sporting venues in the Park will be the main attraction in 2012, the utilities buildings we are constructing will be every bit as essential in helping us deliver a successful Games and a lasting legacy from 2012.

'The use of key design elements ensure the pumping station is not just functional but also another building of architectural interest in the Olympic Park.'

The pumping station is the second building to be in use in the Park following the completion of the Primary Substation in October 2009.

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