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Why Yorkshire Suffers from Sewerage Overflows

Yorkshire will be one of the regions most impacted by new rules on sewerage storm overflows.

The overflow events happen during heavy periods of rain when to stop sewerage flowing back in to homes, the water company is allowed to discharge the sewerage in to rivers.

New rules are set to limit how often that can happen.

Paul Carter is from Yorkshire Water, he says Yorkshire has some particular challenges.

It's estimated 66 percent of the national investment will need to be in Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Paul Carter says the new rules come in to full effect in 2050, but says work is already underway.

Paul says the overflows have been part of the way the sewer network operates for a long time.

The changes to the way overflows can be used are encapsulated in the new Environment act. Paul Carter says the changes are being phased in over a number of years.

Yorkshire Water will also have to make changes to the way storm overflows affect bathing waters and will need to limit how many time the incidents occur.

 

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