YorksWater 10 #1 Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Residents in Sheffield are being invited to learn about how they will benefit from a £78million scheme by Yorkshire Water to overhaul the city's iconic Blackburn Meadows sewage treatment works. We're staging a drop-in event on Tuesday 20 March, at Tinsley Green Community Centre on Norborough Road where residents will have the opportunity to learn more about how the work will not only help to reduce the risk of flooding in the city, but also massively benefit the local environment, improving river water quality and boosting biodiversity. Built in the late 1800's, the works has since grown to treat the domestic and industrial waste from an equivalent population of 830,000, which includes most of metropolitan Sheffield, as well as areas of Rotherham. Aging equipment and treatment processes, coupled with the growing demands it is coming under, mean that the time is right for this facility to receive a huge upgrade. Engineering specialists Earth Tech Morrison will start work from the end of March 2012 to replace much of the plant's treatment facilities, with the project expected to be complete by September 2014. Once finished, the new improved facility will be able to treat more waste water, more efficiently, and to a higher standard, further improving the quality of treated water entering the River Don. In turn benefitting fish, other wildlife and those who use the river. In addition improving the Don Valley pumping station and the combined sewer overflow, which are visible from the M1 viaduct, the works will be able to better cope with heavy rainfall. Drop in dates are scheduled to be between 3.00pm and 7.00pm on Tuesday 20 March. For more information on the scheme, visit http://www.yorkshirewater.com/blackburnmeadows Edited March 16, 2012 by YorksWater Dates Added Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
a_weishaupt 10 #2 Posted March 15, 2012 Does it come with an iconic landmark, you know, something like two cooling towers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HeadingNorth 11 #3 Posted March 15, 2012 Does it come with an iconic landmark, you know, something like two cooling towers? Cooling towers are not iconic to anywhere; they're found all over the world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
a_weishaupt 10 #4 Posted March 15, 2012 Cooling towers are not iconic to anywhere; they're found all over the world. Not all of them were built by prisoners of war, and next to such a feat of engineering that showed them to all entering the city on it. Yes, they were iconic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HeadingNorth 11 #5 Posted March 15, 2012 Not all of them were built by prisoners of war, and next to such a feat of engineering that showed them to all entering the city on it. That would make the history of a pair of towers interesting, but it still wouldn't make them "an icon" of anything. There are cooling towers all over the world, and frankly, if you mention "cooling towers" most people, if they think of anywhere at all, are likely to think of either Drax or Ferrybridge. At least, they're likely to think of Ferrybridge if they drive the old Great North Road, which passes virtually at their feet. Cooling towers are iconic of nowhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
beansforyou 10 #6 Posted March 15, 2012 Will it be in Smell-O-Rama? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
telman 10 #7 Posted March 15, 2012 "iconic" sewage works. Don't think so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Darth Vader 10 #8 Posted March 15, 2012 Instead of just posting and running everytime as a PR exercise, how about you attempt to address some of the questions being asked on the numerous threads on here about your shocking price increases and charges? http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=955743 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mj.scuba 10 #9 Posted March 15, 2012 It would be interesting to hear if any jobs are being created by the scheme, and if so what kind of jobs, and if they're recruiting from the local area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch 206 #10 Posted March 16, 2012 I'd like to know why Yorkshire Water thinks it's iconic. Does it have art deco or Bauhaus style buildings? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GrayFace 10 #11 Posted March 16, 2012 It would be interesting to hear if any jobs are being created by the scheme, and if so what kind of jobs, and if they're recruiting from the local area. i agree with this post, will construction jobs be created so my OH doesnt have to travel to the ends of the earth to pull in a decent wage? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw 83 #12 Posted March 16, 2012 I'm not in favour of dropping into a sewage works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...