FOLLOWING the success of the new wetland being installed at Tarrington, the location of Herefordshire’s third pollution-beating constructed area has been revealed.

Herefordshire Council is planning an online ‘market engagement event’ on March 28 for contractors with a range of specialisms interested in the upcoming project at Dilwyn Common, in the north of the county.

Herefordshire already has one wetland area up an running at a waste water treatment plant at Luston, north of Leominster and is installing a second locally at Tarrington.

These wetland areas remove phosphates and other impurities from waste water before it is released into streams and rivers, balancing out additional water pollution from new housing and other development – which has been held up for years in much of the county over this issue.

Herefordshire Council’s newly published delivery plan 2025-26 sets a target of completing the Tarrington wetland by next spring and submitting a planning application for this third site in the same time frame.

The council also said this month that wetland ‘credits’ bought by developers have already enabled nearly 800 new homes to be built in the county, with a further 360 awaiting confirmation.

This week’s event is intended to enable potential contractors to better understand and provide feedback on the Dilwyn proposal, the council’s announcement says.

The wastewater treatment works is to the east of the village, south of Dilwyn Common.

A plan for a constructed wetland at the site was first put forward more than four years ago by local landowner the Garnstone Estate in partnership with the Wye & Usk Foundation and Welsh Water, and backed by the Environment Agency and Natural England. But it was withdrawn shortly after.