Investing in Yorkshire

Our biggest ever investment is underway. Explore how we’re improving our services to you and doing right by Yorkshire.

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Doing right by Yorkshire 

We’re investing £8.3 billion between 2025 and 2030. That's £3 million a day for five years - a million more a day than ever before - to help Yorkshire thrive.  

In this video you can find more detail about the improvements we're making thanks to our programme of unprecedented investment. 

Watch the video

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Replacing ageing pipes

We're working hard to replace pipes in your area, to avoid future bursts and disruption. 

Find out which pipes we're replacing

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Improving rivers and coasts

We're investing over £1.5bn to reduce the need for storm overflows and help improve Yorkshire’s rivers and coasts. 

More on why we're investing

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Future-proofing our network 

We’re investing to create a more resilient network in your area, so everyone can continue to enjoy high quality drinking water for years to come. 

Read more about our investment

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Putting nature first 

We’re investing £83m in nature-based solutions that clean water naturally, helping Yorkshire’s wildlife to thrive. 

See our nature-based solutions

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Upgrading equipment 

We're upgrading wastewater treatment sites and pumping stations to improve equipment and help protect the environment. 

Read more about our upgrades

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Improving our sewers 

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