Yorkshire Water Investing £46m to Upgrades

Yorkshire Water is to invest £46m over the next five years upgrading its systems to ensure it meets stringent environmental and water quality standards

The money will be spent on equipment that helps control water distribution, quality and treatment throughout the region.

The company plans to replace critical control systems that remotely manage Yorkshire’s water infrastructure, which includes the firm’s 600 waste water treatment works, 130 reservoirs and numerous storm water pumping stations.

Yorkshire Water said t he investment will protect the natural environment and ensure e a consistent supply of safe and clean water for its five million customers.

Nearly half of the money (£21 m) will be spent on updating 2,000 instruments that are used to measure water quality and control water flow to ensure regulatory standards are met.

A further £18 m will be spent on communication systems which relay key performance information from treatment works and reservoirs to the company’s head office in Bradford.

A further £7m will be spent on site automation systems that run the firm’s water treatment and distribution processes.

Stephen Herndlhofer, head of information services at Yorkshire Water, said: “We supply 1.2 billion litres of water and treat nearly one billion litres of wastewater each and every day.

Source: Yorkshire Post

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