Yorkshire Water announces plans to pour £300m investment into the region

Yorkshire Water has announced plans to invest over £300m this financial year throughout South Yorkshire.

This investment is part of several projects which are designed to improve the area’s water and waste water infrastructure.

Projects in the pipeline include a £20m project at Langsett water treatment works, which will ensure customers in the area continue to benefit from quality drinking water.

This is in addition to the ongoing £24m scheme at Rivelin water treatment works to improve drinking water quality for over 200,000 customers in Sheffield, which is anticipated to be completed in Autumn 2018.

In Barnsley, £20m has also been allocated to Lundwood sewage treatment works to improve the final effluent quality and ammonia odour levels in the River Dearne.

The natural environment will also be protected, with a fish pass ‘super highway’ at Langsett reservoir near Stocksbridge nearing completion. This will enable trout to travel upstream to breeding grounds in the upper reaches of Little Don River deep in the Peak District.

John Bond, communications advisor at Yorkshire Water, said: “Since 2015, we have spent over £100m in South Yorkshire, not only on upgrading water treatment works, sewers and pumping stations, but also odour management, conserving moorland, reducing flood risk, and improving rivers.

“This will help us meet our customer commitments and ensure that we continue to be regarded as having some of the best drinking water in the country and boasting some of the finest landscapes.”