07 Jul 2022
Yorkshire Water and tech firm Technolog have pledged to reduce the in-home and environmental risk and impact of sewer flooding across Yorkshire following a successful pilot project, Utility Week reports. The utility company – which supplies more than five million customers, the millions of people who visit Yorkshire each year, and some 140,000 businesses – […]
12 Oct 2021
From Yorkshire Water The first nature-based wastewater treatment in Yorkshire has been completed at Yorkshire Water’s Clifton wastewater treatment works near Doncaster where sustainable wastewater treatment is now underway after the planting of 20,000 wetland plants. The site has been transformed into an integrated constructed wetland, with the clay in the ponds and the plants […]
14 Sep 2021
From Utility Week and Yorkshire Water Ben Aston, biodiversity specialist at Yorkshire Water, sheds light on the firm’s joint investment in pollinator superhighways and their impact on managing its water catchments. Yorkshire Water recently revealed that surveys are underway at six of its sites – Fewston, Swinsty, Thruscross, Embsay, Grimwith and Barden reservoirs – after […]
21 Jul 2021
Following the industry agreement (through Water UK) to achieve net zero emissions from English water companies by 2030, several water companies have set out plans to get there. The plans highlight progress on energy efficiency, renewable generation, demand management, sequestration schemes and more, but also rely heavily on purchasing renewables and offsetting. Read the plans […]
05 Jan 2021
From Yorkshire Water and the Yorkshire Peat Partnership. Yorkshire Water will achieve significant gains on its journey to carbon net zero, by investing further in peatland restoration. Funded by Yorkshire Water, Yorkshire Peat Partnership (YPP) will continue its peatland restoration work at Humberstone Bank Farm, which is owned by Yorkshire Water and leased under its […]
09 Apr 2019
Yorkshire Water has offered a charity donation to resolve an investigation into a sewage pollution event. The Environment Agency has secured £200,000 donation through an Enforcement Undertaking following a pollution incident near Doncaster. Yorkshire Water Services Ltd have paid £200,000 to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust as part of an Enforcement Undertaking (EU). The EU was […]
23 Oct 2018
Last week, Yorkshire Water won the prestigious Finance for the Future Award for the company’s innovative Six Capitals sustainability accounting approach. Read more about the awards here, and about Yorkshire Water’s approach here. Last week’s Financial Times Water Summit was “a unique event on the global financial and water calendars. Targeted at CEOs and CFOs […]
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