Yorkshire Water has started the first of five major wastewater treatment upgrades in Barnsley, with work underway at the Worsbrough site. The £3.99 million project forms part of an £11 million investment to improve water quality, reduce phosphorus levels, and provide an additional 1,000m³ of storage capacity to limit storm discharges into local watercourses during heavy rainfall.Preparatory works at the Worsbrough site on Edmunds Road are nearing completion. Remediation has included repairing a lagoon tank, replacing aeration units with quieter underground alternatives, and installing a new operational storm tank. Once completed, the upgrade will help increase storage capacity and lower the frequency and duration of storm overflows.Sam Akeroyd, capital delivery programme manager at Yorkshire Water, said:
The investment and improvements we are making at Worsbrough are part of our programme to continue to improve water quality and river health. The new storm overflow tank will increase the site’s storage capacity. This will lower the frequency and duration of storm overflows discharging into local watercourses following periods of heavy and prolonged rainfall.
Our contract partners Ward & Burke and Barhale are condensing activities to work as quickly as they can to complete the project and keep disruption to a minimum. We’d like to thank local residents for their patience whilst we carry out this important work.
