Beside the sea

Following on from yesterday's trip to the sewage works where the cleaned water is returned to the river, this morning we went down to the coast to see how the cleaned water is returned to the sea. Claire and Lindsay from Yorkshire water (bathing waters) took us to a site that is looking at improving the supply of sewage to the treatment works to improve the standard of water produced by the treatment works. 

Cleo and John who work on the site managed to explain how that works. Essentially MASSIVE storage tanks and tunnels to help accommodate the volume of water that currently overflows the normal system (especially following storms).

This was Dan and Evie looking down the hole. I managed to look but, sorry, was too scared to stay long enough to take a picture. 

We then yomped in true 'adventure family' style along the coastal path to see the improved treatment works and the pipe laying that had been put in to help accommodate the increases in flow.

We failed to see anything. Absolutely fantastic the work, thought and commitment to detail and the local environment that I am now learning seems to be the norm for Yorkshire water. (Work completed in time for the fields to be ready for spring planting and the farm in the distance is actually the treatment works)

It is hoped this work will help propel one of Scarborough's bathing beaches from 'good' into the category of excellent which would be fantastic for the tourism trade but obviously also the tourists when they go a paddling, which is just what we did next.

julie

(Incase you were wondering, Scarborough's other bathing beach already is classed as excellent so I think this shows a real commitment to quality)