Yorkshire Water invests £9-3m in Barnsley area to improve river water quality

Yorkshire Water’s commitment to improving river water quality in Barnsley continues with £9.3m investment to reduce the number and duration of discharges from four storm overflows going into rivers and tributaries in the area.

The projects include:

• £2.3m at Cloughfields to reduce discharges into a tributary of Harley Dike
• £1.8m at Church Street, Jump to reduce discharges into Jump Valley Stream
• £2.8m at Elsecar to reduce discharges into Knoll Beck
• £2.4m at Cudworth to reduce discharges into Small Bridge Dike

Yorkshire Water’s contract partners Mott MacDonald Bentley started a £2.3m investment at Cloughfields storm overflow, near Barnsley to reduce storm discharges flowing into Harley Dike by 80%.

The significant improvement work includes the installation of a new 1,045m³ storage tank. The new 12m diameter shaft going down 10.24m, a new motor control centre and pumps.   
Work has also started on site at Church Street, Jump near Barnsley.  The £1.8m investment by Yorkshire Water will see an 85% reduction in annual storm discharges flowing into Jump Valley stream.  A new 358m³ offline storage tank will be installed at Church Street Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO).  

Elsecar, Barnsley will see £2.8m Yorkshire Water investment start on site in November to reduce storm overflows discharging into Harley Dike by 78%, compared to 2021.  Mott MacDonald Bentley will install a new 489m³ offline storage tank, 12.5m diameter shaft to the depth of 9.75m, complete with new motor control centre kiosk.
 
Omair Khan, project manager, Yorkshire Water, said: “We are conducting a number of storm overflow schemes in the Barnsley, south Yorkshire area.  
“This £9.3m investment in and around Barnsley, is part of £180m investment project across Yorkshire by the end of April 2025 to reduce discharges from storm overflows and improve river quality for the region.”