A £2.7 million scheme at Yorkshire Water’s Eccup reservoir in North Leeds to ensure it continues to meet the standards of the Reservoirs Act 1975 has been completed this week.
Engineering specialists, Mott MacDonald Bentley, have completed the work, which has been ongoing since May 2014, to replace the existing pipework that runs under the embankment of the reservoir.
The £2.7m investment involved the construction of a new pipe through the embankment of the reservoir, to provide an additional drawdown (emptying) facility.
The section of road that runs over the reservoir embankment had to be closed for the duration of the project in order to protect the safety of visitors and the on-site team, and due to the size of the equipment needed. The road was reopened today.
Eccup reservoir was constructed in 1897 and supplies water to the company’s Headingley water treatment works.
Lee Laherty, Yorkshire Water Project Manager, commented:
“We’re really pleased to announce that this essential safety project is now complete. This was a huge scheme; the pipe we installed was 1.4m in diameter and part of the new pipe had to be constructed under water by specially trained divers.”
Following on from this project, the company will shortly start work on an additional safety project at Eccup reservoir. This is due to start in July and will involve improvements to the reservoir’s spillway.
The spillway, or overflow structure, is used to control water flows into the downstream area. The work is required to ensure that the overflow continues to effectively protect the reservoir embankment from flood erosion by safely diverting excess flows away from the site. The road over the embankment will not be affected by this work.
The work at Eccup is part of a bigger, £60 million programme of work at a number of Yorkshire Water’s reservoirs.
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