SOUTH West Water has teamed up with a Dawlish videographer to create high-resolution videos showcasing progress on the town’s major investment programme to improve water quality by reducing the use of storm overflows.

Neil Salter, who started Coast Cams in 2014 to provide a unique coastal view of Dawlish, is now using his skills to promote South West Water’s work to future-proof Dawlish’s wastewater network.

Several solutions are being delivered for Dawlish, including new storm tanks, separating sewage from surface rainwater, and fixing issues where groundwater is seeping into existing pipework which is putting added strain on the network.

So far preparation work has been completed for the new storm works at The Lawn and Sandy Lane, including pipe diversions to allow space for the new tanks.

The Coast Cams videos will focus first on SWW’s work on the tanks, which will each have 2.2 million litres of storage, by showing the construction and providing a fresh perspective on the size and scale of the work.

SWW’s scheme in Dawlish is the first of its £760 million Turning the Tide programme to reduce the use of storm overflows across the region over the next five years.

Neil said: ‘When South West Water announced it was starting work in Dawlish, I thought it would be a great idea to film progress tours.

‘I’m really pleased to have completed the first of our video updates and I’m looking forward to working alongside SWW and its contractors more to bring locals along on the journey.’

Kakha Tatelishvili, SWW’s Dawlish Project Manager, said: ‘Our teams are making great progress with our essential investment for Dawlish to help protect and improve the local bathing waters for many years to come.

‘We continue to work closely with everyone in the area to minimise disruption as much as possible, and teaming up with Neil provides us with a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate the scale of the improvements we are delivering and to help keep locals informed every step of the way.’