Yorkshire Water is progressing work on £11 million worth of upgrades at wastewater treatment works in Barnsley – preparatory work is now underway at its Worsborough wastewater treatment site for a £4 million upgrade to improve performance.
The scheme is one of five major wastewater treatment site upgrades across Barnsley to benefit from the £11 million investment.
The water quality improvement plan will reduce Phosphorus levels and provide an additional 1,000m³ storage capacity, reducing storm discharges into local water courses, following prolonged and heavy rainfall.
Remediation work is almost completed in readiness for the £3.9 million upgrade. This includes a repair to one of the lagoon tanks, replacing the aeration units with quieter, underground units, to create a quieter operation, and the installation of a new operational storm tank.
Sam Akeroyd, capital delivery programme manager, Yorkshire Water, said:
“The investment and improvements we are making at Worsbrough is part of our programme to continue to improve water quality and river health. The new storm overflow tank will increase the site’s storage capacity. This will lower the frequency and duration of storm overflows discharging into local water courses following periods of heavy and prolonged rainfall.
“Our contract partners Ward & Burke and Barhale are condensing activities to work as quickly as they can to complete the project and keep disruption to a minimum.”
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