Yorkshire Water has appointed Kier Infrastructure to manage a significant project in Pudsey, West Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Water Pudsey project, valued at £7.9 million, aims to enhance the region’s storm overflow system and is expected to be completed by August 2028.
Inside the Pudsey storm overflow scheme
The project will see the construction of an offline storage facility with a capacity of approximately 2,500 cubic meters. This facility is intended to manage excess water during heavy rainfall, storing it temporarily before it can be treated. The infrastructure will include a storage shaft, weir, bypass chamber, connecting pipes, and advanced pumping and mixing systems.
Designed by Sweco, the project is part of Yorkshire Water’s Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8) Complex Non-Infrastructure Framework. The improvements are expected to enhance discharge performance into a local tributary and reduce harmful substances like unionised ammonia, benefiting both water quality and the environment.
Why this Pudsey storm overflow matters
Kier Infrastructure’s managing director for water, Andy Lingham, highlighted the project’s significance, stating it marks a crucial milestone in their collaboration with Yorkshire Water. “Moving Kent Road into construction is an important milestone in our relationship with Yorkshire Water,” Lingham said, emphasizing the project’s role in setting the standard for future initiatives.
Justine Pearson, senior project manager at Yorkshire Water, echoed these sentiments, noting the investment’s alignment with broader environmental goals. “This £7.9M investment at Kent Road is an important part of our commitment to improving the environmental performance of our wastewater network and reducing the impact of storm overflows,” Pearson stated.
The project also aligns with regulatory requirements under the Environment Act 2021, which mandates efforts to mitigate the environmental and public-health impacts of storm overflow discharges.
As the first scheme to commence construction within the AMP8 framework, the Pudsey project underscores a commitment to “open collaboration, careful planning and a clear focus on delivering the environmental improvement the scheme is designed to provide,” according to Lingham.
Storm overflow upgrades like this one are the unglamorous half of climate adaptation, and they increasingly shape what can be built upstream. The same pressure runs through how existing infrastructure is valued, and the drawings that coordinate it are the ones covered in our site plan guide.
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