Search for sewage pumps after ten located in Scarboro’
Yorkshire Water has taken ownership of 10 sewage pumps in Scarborough and is urging residents to help identify remaining pumps.
On 1 October Yorkshire Water took ownership of more than 350 sewage pumping stations.
New government legislation was introduced on 1 July 2011 which determined that by 1 October 2016 all water and sewerage companies should take over the responsibility for privately owned sewerage pumping stations.
Sewage pumping stations pump sewage from homes along underground sewers to the nearest waste water treatment plant where it is treated.
Since 2014 a dedicated team at Yorkshire Water has been trying to find hundreds of private sewage pumping stations hidden throughout the region.
More than 350 have been found so far and 10 have been located in the Scarborough area but the company believes there are still more to be identified.
Dave Wilson, Transfer Manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “Sewage pumping stations can be situated anywhere; in gardens, on public land next to houses or businesses, or just on the side of the road. Many are located in private gardens and land that we don’t normally have authority to enter which is why we’ve needed help from customers to find them. We’ve been working on this project since early in 2014 but we believe there are still more pumping stations to be found.”
A pumping station survey is free of charge to check it’s eligible for transfer to Yorkshire Water ownership.
Eligible pumping stations are those which serve more than one property and connect to the existing public sewer network. If a pumping station serves a single property but sits outside the property boundary it will also be eligible.
For more information or to book a survey call 0345 1 24 24 24.