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08/06/2017
Milestone Reached On £72m Leeds Waste Treatment Plant Project
A milestone has been reached on a £72 million sewage treatment facility in Leeds.
Yorkshire Water is continuing work to build a new state-of the-art sludge treatment and anaerobic digestion facility at it's Knostrop waste water treatment works.
The scheme's four new 25-metre high concrete sludge digester tanks have now been built and completion is on schedule for 2020.
Once finished, the facility will be able to:
• recycle 94% of Leeds' sewage sludge
• be capable of processing 131 tonnes of dry sludge a day
• generate 55% of its own electricity needs the equivalent of providing power to 8,000 homes
• reduce the Knostrop site's carbon emissions by 15%
Fiona Sugden, Project Manager for Yorkshire Water, said: "This is the single biggest investment we are making between 2015 and 2020. The project is going really well and in the last year more than 235,000 hours have been spent on its construction with 150 people working on site each day.
"It is the latest step in our commitment to invest in renewable energy to benefit the environment and keep customers' bills low. It also supports Leeds council's ambition for the Lower Aire Valley to become a hub for green energy and industry."
(LM)
Yorkshire Water is continuing work to build a new state-of the-art sludge treatment and anaerobic digestion facility at it's Knostrop waste water treatment works.
The scheme's four new 25-metre high concrete sludge digester tanks have now been built and completion is on schedule for 2020.
Once finished, the facility will be able to:
• recycle 94% of Leeds' sewage sludge
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• be capable of processing 131 tonnes of dry sludge a day
• generate 55% of its own electricity needs the equivalent of providing power to 8,000 homes
• reduce the Knostrop site's carbon emissions by 15%
Fiona Sugden, Project Manager for Yorkshire Water, said: "This is the single biggest investment we are making between 2015 and 2020. The project is going really well and in the last year more than 235,000 hours have been spent on its construction with 150 people working on site each day.
"It is the latest step in our commitment to invest in renewable energy to benefit the environment and keep customers' bills low. It also supports Leeds council's ambition for the Lower Aire Valley to become a hub for green energy and industry."
(LM)
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