Yorkshire Water has awarded an £11 million bundle of Phosphorous-removal (P-removal) works to the BarhaleEnpure Joint Venture at five sites around Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
Photo Yorkshire Water: Wombwell wastewater treatment works
The joint venture will carry out the P-removal upgrade work as part of the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP), under Yorkshire Water’s AMP7 complex MEICA framework. Yorkshire Water’s AMP7 programme is investing more than £1 billion through the framework over five years.
The work is part of a £500 million project to reduce the levels of Phosphorus entering Yorkshire’s rivers and seas from Yorkshire Water treatment works by 56% by 2025 to meet Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) targets.
Rachael Fox, head of programme delivery at Yorkshire Water, said:
“Reducing the amount of Phosphorus entering Yorkshire’s watercourses has been a key focus for us in the five years between 2020 and 2025. By investing in five of our wastewater treatment works around Barnsley we’ll significantly reduce the amount of Phosphorus in the water environment, protecting the watercourse and the wildlife and allowing them to thrive.”
By upgrading the process at Darton, Crofton, Grimethorpe, Wombwell and Worsborough treatment works, Yorkshire Water will be reducing the amount of Phosphorus entering local watercourses.
BarhaleEnpure JV will complete site works at each of the five schemes before installing dosing cabinets.
Manufactured offsite, each cabinet is effectively self-contained and incorporates pumps, control panel and primary and secondary chemical dosing equipment.
Mark Woods, Barhale’s regional director for Yorkshire and North East England, said:
“We are very pleased to be selected for these schemes. Under WINEP there is a big focus on reducing Phosphorous discharge and the five schemes around Barnsley will play an important part in improving water quality in South Yorkshire.
“Using off-site manufacture enables us to adopt a near modular approach to each project so we can reduce time on site, typically to around eight months, and complete works quicker. We are looking forward to working closely with Yorkshire Water to successfully deliver these schemes.”
Bill Jheinga, Project Delivery Director at Enpure added:
“The P-removal upgrades are a good example of how the joint venture is bringing together wider expertise to engineer a first-class solution.
“The completion of these project will provide a significant gain for customers and, as part of Yorkshire Water’s ongoing programme of improvement, will provide greater protection for the environment.”
The work on the upgrades by two of the UK’s leading infrastructure, and non-infrastructure specialists across the five sites is scheduled for completion in 2024.
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