Running capital’s largest wastewater station

Dina Gillespie runs Thames Water’s largest wastewater pumping station.
Dina Gillespie is the catchment manager for North East London, which includes Bazalgette’s Victorian Abbey Mills Pumping Station, our largest wastewater pumping station.
Dina works at the 'Cathedral of Sewage,' where the legacy of Sir Joseph Bazalgette’s Victorian infrastructure meets the newly fully activated 25km long Tideway tunnel.
This site is a key hub in London’s Victorian sewer network, alongside Thames Water’s extensive network of more than 109,000 km of underground pipes and over 5,000 pumping stations.
The blend of historic and modern-day engineering, combined with working alongside passionate colleagues, inspires her every day and makes her feel proud to be part of a team that provides a critical service to Londoners.
In the past year the Lee Tunnel has been connected to the new Super Sewer at Abbey Mills, completing the London Tideway Tunnels network.
Her site is the biggest contributor to the London Tideway Tunnels network in terms of volume of flows during wet weather.
Dina is immensely proud of the role she has protecting the...