• United Utilities began a GBP 48 million upgrade in Knutsford to add storm-water storage, curb storm overflow operations, improve treated-water quality.
• Project includes a 1.8 km underground storage tunnel with a 2 m diameter between Moor Pumping Station, Knutsford Treatment Works.
• Tunnel boring reached a halfway milestone; scheme targets up to 5,500,000 liters of storm-water storage once completed.
• Investment sits within the Big North West upgrade program, which plans more than GBP 13 billion of spending over four years.

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