DIO delivers drinkable water for Sennybridge soldiers

Britain’s third-largest military training area now has a sustainable supply of drinking water, thanks to new boreholes delivered by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. Historically drinking water was supplied to Sennybridge Training Area in Powys from bowsers or jerry cans filled at the main camp and driven up onto the training ranges, a 3-hour round trip of 30 miles in some cases. Sennybridge is the third largest training area in the UK. Its 31,000 acres are used by around 120,000 troops a year. But following a £1 million programme, the site is now supplied from seven