Yorkshire Water Invests £30m To Tackle Saltend Smells
They've carried out a full review of the site following complaints from residents.
Yorkshire Water has announced it's investing £30m to tackle bad smells coming from their Saltend waste water treatment works.
Just two months ago the company was served an abatement notice from East Riding Council forcing them to stop odours escaping from the plant after complaints from residents.
The company has now carried out a full investigation of the site and will spend tens of millions of pounds to help improve how the waste water that comes into the site is treated.
The work is expected to be completed by next summer.
Nick Topham is from Yorkshire Water and told us:
“We understand that the odours from our treatment works last summer were unacceptable. In July we committed to investing in the site to prevent it happening again. Today we are announcing a comprehensive investment plan that will deliver on that commitment.
“The improvements to the way we treat waste water on the site would be sufficient to ensure we can treat the loads coming into site without a repeat of the odour issues, but we want to go further to ensure we have additional protection for the local community. Putting lids on the tanks is technically challenging but we are committed to doing everything we can to provide reassurance to local people that the odour problems will not be repeated.”
Nick also told us that as a good will gesture and to thank local residents for their patience, they're setting up a £75,000 community fund to provide grants to local organisations for projects in a range of areas including environmental improvements, education and work with vulnerable people.
The fund will be administered by a committee made up of local community representatives who will decide how money is allocated. Further details of how organisations can apply to the fund will be announced shortly.