Phosphate mitigation: Somerset Council is hoping to secure £10.5m Government funding to deliver phosphate mitigation measures which will unlock the delivery of 18,000 new homes across the area.  The funding would be used to expand the existing phosphate credit scheme and deliver mitigation measures including the installation of modular units to provide a secondary treatment process at wastewater treatment works in the catchment area. Salinity Solutions and Wessex Water have delivered a no-cost trial to demonstrate the efficacy of their modular water treatment units for phosphate mitigation. A unit has been in place at the Fivehead Wastewater Treatment Works for two weeks allowing independent water sampling to be undertaken. Early indications show promising results with the first verified laboratory results showing over 98% of phosphates and 88% of nitrates removed.