- Water
- 18 Sept 2024
Yorkshire Water has created a Storm Overflow Alliance to deliver up to £1bn of capital investment in AMP8. The alliance is a significant and strategic partnership between Yorkshire Water, AtkinsRéalis, Morrison Water Services, Stantec, and Ward & Burke.
Yorkshire Water serves more than five million customers and 140,000 businesses, in addition to millions of visitors to Yorkshire each year, and covers an area of around 12,000 square kilometres. The establishment of the Alliance represents a bold commitment to addressing storm overflow discharges and the associated environmental impacts on river and coastal waters.
The alliance will be a truly integrated, high performing industry leading team that will deliver high quality sustainable solutions and world class performance for Yorkshire Water as it undertakes its ambitious investment plans for the next five years. The plans, which are currently awaiting approval from Ofwat, could see over £1bn being invested to reduce storm overflow operation in the region.
The contract will run throughout the AMP8 period for an initial period of five years, with the option to extend for another five.
As a dedicated organisation, the Alliance will collaboratively provide comprehensive engineering solutions, including strategic planning, design, management, and delivery of critical infrastructure. It will explore opportunities from increased storage capacity within wastewater treatment works, to smarter sewer network operations – with a key focus on blue-green solutions.
The partnership has a shared commitment to sustainability, to protect and enhance the environment, and to create social value. By prioritising local employment and engaging local supply chain partners with a focus on low carbon materials and construction methods, the Alliance will further support the communities within Yorkshire Water’s service area. It will also ensure efficiencies, so customers see value for money in the work that is being done.
