Over the next five years, we'll be investing £3.5 billion into Yorkshire to support a huge capital programme, over 1,000 local businesses and many thousands of local jobs. For every £1 we spend we'll generate almost double this in terms of economic activity in Yorkshire. Read on to find out what this means for East Yorkshire and Hull...
Investing in East Riding and Hull - a bit of history
Over the past decade, through our £120 million CoastCarinvestment programme,
we've revolutionised the way we treat waste water at towns and villages along the East Coast.
We've installed ultra-violet disinfection - the ultimate in sewage treatment technology - to clean up our discharges in Filey, Bridlington and Hornsea. The North Sea goes way beyond the current standards required by European legislation.
Last year, this area boasted six European Blue Flags - a feat that could not have been achieved had our bathing waters not been of an excellent quality. We're proud of the contribution we've made and the knock-on effect for tourism, but our work is not yet done.
Over the next five years we will be investing millions more to meet the new, higher quality standards, demanded by the Revised Bathing Water Directive - a new piece of legislation that is setting new standards for the quality of local bathing waters.
We're investing £110 million to
improve bathing water along Yorkshire's East Coast, including Scarborourgh, Filey and Bridlington
We're going for excellent!
Yorkshire's bathing waters are now the cleanest they've ever been, largely thanks to our multi-million pound investment.
The new Bathing Water Directive (BWD) comes into force in 2015 and requires an 'excellent' standard to be met for bathing water quality before Blue Flag certificates can be considered.
We've a significant role to play in helping the East Coast achieve the higher 'excellent' standard. We want to see more blue flags on the East Coast and have secured £110m of funding to ensure we play our part in delivering excellent bathing water quality at our designated beaches.
More than £3 million on odour control equipment at Saltend Waste Water Treatment Works in Hull to
reduce the risk of odours.
Tackling customer concerns
We understand that it can sometimes be unpleasant for residents who live near to our sewage works at Saltend. We don't want to be bad neighbours and are pleased to be investing £3million in odour control equipment at the site to reduce the impact on the local area.
Find out how we monitor odour at this site
£17 million for new nitrate removal equipment at Tophill Low Water Treatment Works near Driffield to
improve drinking water quality.
It's not just about good quality drinking water
There's a lot going on at our Tophill Low reservoir and water treatment site near Driffield. In the next five years we're going to upgrade the processes we use at this site to treat the water. The result will be a higher quality drinking water.
We've also recently carried out improvements at Tophill Low to make it an award-winning nature reserve. It's well worth a trip to see some of the UK's best wetland habitat home to a variety rare birds.
See what's available at Tophill Low and what improvements we've made to the facilities there
£6.7 million to link the East Coast up to our grid which transports
drinking water around the region whatever the weather.
Always running
We're investing £6.7million over the next 5 years to connect the Scarborough and Filey area to our Yorkshire Grid, a network of pipes that enable of to move water around Yorkshire to where it's needed most, whatever the weather throws at us.
In order to improve asset resilience and strengthen service levels to customers we're laying 52km of new pipeline to connect up these areas. This should reduce incidents of supply disruptions and enhance water quality. Approximately 75,000 customers will benefit as a result of this investment.
At the heart of our strategy in Hull is a close working relationship with Hull City Council and the Environment Agency. We'll work together to develop a
better approach to surface water management and
a safer future for Hull.
We'll complete the final phase of a £30 million investment in pumping stations in Hull to
better protect the city against flooding.
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