Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water is a company that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Yorkshire Water delivers $18m Dewsbury wastewater upgrade targeting phosphorus removal
Yorkshire Water has completed a major £18m upgrade to Dewsbury wastewater treatment works (WWTW) that will help improve water quality in the river Calder by removing Phosphorus from treated wastewater. The scheme, delivered in partnership with BarhaleEnpureJV, saw 14 existing Primary Settlement Tanks (PST) replaced with three, new larger tanks and two new primary sludge […]
Yorkshire Water invests almost £16m to upgrade east Yorkshire treatment sites
Yorkshire Water contract partners, Ward & Burke, began work on £3.4m upgrade at Leven wastewater treatment site recently. It is the final of five wastewater treatment plants across east Yorkshire to benefit from £15.9m improvements to reduce the amount of phosphorus released back into the environment after the treatment of wastewater. Yorkshire Water has embarked […]
Yorkshire Water AI-Water Quality Monitoring named a winner in fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge
The AI-Water Quality Monitoring Project – a collaboration between Yorkshire Water and UnifAI Technology along with, The Rivers Trust, British Standards Institution (BSI), supported by Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) – has won £1.935 million to fund the development of AI-based models to monitor water quality at 20 inland bathing sites. In addition, partners are contributing […]
Yorkshire Water is investing £16 million in reducing leaks this year
Yorkshire Water is investing £16 million in reducing leakage from its clean water network this year, as it seeks to hit a 15% reduction by 2030 and secure future water supplies. The investment will be split across: £2.5m on advanced modelling and software to assist with leakage targeting and understanding customer demand for clean water […]
Yorkshire Water’s smart meter exchange hits the 10,000 milestone
Yorkshire Water’s smart meter exchange has already hit the 10,000 milestone just two months from launch, with customers in Sheffield the first to adopt the technology. It’s the start of a five-year roll-out that will result in 1.4 million water meters exchanged across the whole of the Yorkshire. Smart water meters in homes and businesses […]
Yorkshire Water launches £9.7m infrastructure upgrades to enhance River Wharfe water quality
Yorkshire Water has begun a £9.7m investment at Addingham sewage pumping station (SPS) and Low Mill Lane combined storm overflow (CSO) to reduce discharges into the Wharfe, as it continues its commitment to improving bathing water. Contractor Morrisons Water Services will be constructing a 3,800m3 underground storage tank, 12.5m diameter which will hold up to […]
Yorkshire Water set to embark on largest ever environmental investment
Yorkshire Water is set to deliver its largest ever environmental investment between 2025 and 2030, with £8.3bn to be spent across the region to improve services for customers and upgrade infrastructure. The planned investment, which was approved by Ofwat in December, will lead to an increase in average customer bills of £135 (28.9%) in 2025-26, […]
Yorkshire Water secures partners for £850 million non-infrastructure framework
Yorkshire Water has appointed seven contract partners to its new complex non-infrastructure works framework, worth £850m, which covers the 2025 – 2030 delivery period (AMP8). The partners have been selected across the framework to deliver on the utility’s increased investment in non-infrastructure clean and wastewater assets over the next five years. Partners selected onto the […]
Yorkshire Water Storm Overflow Alliance to deliver AMP8 capital investment programme
Yorkshire Water has created a Storm Overflow Alliance to deliver up to £1bn of capital investment in AMP8. The alliance is a significant and strategic partnership between Yorkshire Water, AtkinsRéalis, Morrison Water Services, Stantec, and Ward & Burke. Yorkshire Water serves more than five million customers and 140,000 businesses, in addition to millions of visitors […]