Investing in Yorkshire

Our biggest ever investment is underway – improving our services to you and doing right by the environment.

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Tackling leaks 

Our team is helping us find and fix problems quicker, so we can meet our target of halving leaks by 2050.

Find out how we're tackling leaks

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Reducing overflows

We're investing £1.5 billion to drive down discharges from over 400 storm overflows across the region.

More on why we're investing

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Giving financial help

If you need help with your water bill, you can apply for one of our payment schemes - short-term or long-term to suit you.

Get help paying your bill

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Helping teenage girls

We’re doing our bit to tackle period poverty in Yorkshire by teaming up with social enterprise Hey Girls.

Read about our work with Hey Girls

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Improving our supply 

We’re building a new £8.5m reservoir between York and Malton. This will improve water supply locally by a extra 10 million litres.

Read more about our new reservoir

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Helping local schools 

We’re partnering with SuDSPlanter to give away free water-saving devices to schools to help reduce rainwater in our sewers.

See more about our partnership

Ilkley Sewer

Improving our sewers

We've created a huge new sewer in Ilkley, helping us deal with more wastewater and make the river Wharfe cleaner and safer.

Read about the improvements

Swan

Reducing phosphorus 

We're investing in upgrades at our Knostrop treatment works to reduce phosphorus in the water entering the river Aire.

Read more about Knostrop

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Sharing green space

We care for over 28,000 hectares of land across Yorkshire. And it’s here for you to enjoy, 365 days a year. 

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