Yorkshire Water to upgrade Scarborough storm overflow

From Monday 15 June, Yorkshire Water will be completing an upgrade to the telemetry at Cleveland Avenue combined storm overflow (CSO) in Scarborough. 

Telemetry is the automated process of collecting data and transmitting it to a central location for monitoring and analysis. Data collection at storm overflows enables Yorkshire Water teams to track when they are operating and respond to anomalies or issues in the network.  

The data also feeds Yorkshire Water’s Live Storm Overflow Map, which customers can use to see how recently individual storm overflows were in use.  

Storm overflows operate as a relief system for the combined sewer network, which carries rainwater and wastewater, in times of heavy or prolonged rainfall. Their operation prevents wastewater from backing up into homes, businesses, and gardens.  

Ciara Phillips, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “Upgrading the telemetry at Cleveland Avenue will improve its performance and means that we can better monitor and predict when flow volume in the combined sewer network is at a high level, and when there might be a risk of a pollution incident – an unpermitted discharge from the storm overflow.  

“We can then use this information to send out a response team to the overflow much quicker than previously possible, to see what’s going on and what we can do to proactively prevent discharges. 

Contract partners, CHG Electrical, will begin the work on Cleveland Avenue overflow on Monday 15 June, and are set to finish by the end of the week. To enable the work to take place safely, there will be four-way lights at the junction with Newlands Park Road and Highdale Avenue throughout the work.  

Ciara added: “We’ll be doing everything we can to keep disruption to a minimum, and thank everyone in the area in advance for their patience.” 

Separately in Scarborough, Yorkshire Water has commenced a public consultation about a significant, multi-million pound investment in the area’s wastewater network, as it looks to transform how it manages wastewater and surface water in the area, and do its bit to improve bathing water quality. 

Local residents are invited to drop-in to see the details of different solutions, ask questions, and offer their thoughts at the following locations and times:  

• 4pm – 7pm 11 June at Scarborough Library & Information Centre (Vernon Rd, YO11 2NN) 
• 4pm – 7pm 15 June at The Street (12 Lower Clark St, YO12 7PW) 

People can also find out more and leave feedback on the Doing Right by Scarborough page on the Yorkshire Water website.