CWA Welcome Water Apprentices to the Team

We’re continuing our series of interviews with our new CWA apprentices. Here’s 23-year-old Grant McLaughlin who is working on one of our Glasgow projects.?

We are delivering this ￡25m project to ensure water quality to thousands of people in parts of East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and West Stirlingshire.

What’s your background? I did an apprenticeship as a fire alarm engineer straight from school and then I worked in admin but working in an office just isn’t for me.

Why did you choose to apply for CWA’s apprenticeship? I wanted to work out and about on sites so I applied for the apprenticeship as a water operative with CWA.?

What have you been doing since you started with CWA? I’ve been doing various water operative tasks. I’ve also been learning about the Bluetooth-enabled Torque Wrench trial on site. Scottish Water introduced the kit to managers from the project. The wrench tightens flanges and valves whilst giving live data of torque settings.

What do you like about working for CWA? The guys I am working with are really knowledgeable so I am learning loads. I’ve also attended a number of courses including SHEA Water and DOMS which I’ve really enjoyed.

Welcome to the team, Grant

There are four key components to this the project:

1. a pumping station at Bankell Service Reservoir.
2. a 4.2 mile transfer main from Bankell Service Reservoir to Baljaffray Service Reservoir. The route to the north of Milngavie means the populated area of the town and busy transport routes will be avoided.
3. a pumping station near Craigton to pump flows back to the Carbeth District Metering Area (DMA) and Craigend Reservoir.
4. a 2.4m rising main from Baljaffray Service Reservoir to connect to the south of the Carbeth DMA.