Work has begun to create a new £500,000 Yorkshire Water environmental visitor centre at the company’s Esholt waste water treatment works near Bradford.
The centre, which is the company’s first waste water visitor centre, will provide school children, community groups and the general public with an opportunity to learn about how the company treats sewerage and safely returns it back to the environment.
Graham Dixon, director of Yorkshire Water's environmental business unit said: "To be able to give the local community the opportunity to learn about the waste water side of our business is something that we have wanted to do for some time. The new environmental visitor centre promises to be a valuable interactive education tool for the region that we hope will be enjoyed by thousands of school children and members of the public alike."
Scheduled to officially open in October, the centre, where possible, will be self sustainable – a rainwater harvesting system will be installed generating water for the washrooms, solar panels will provide heating alongside that generated from the treatment works incinerator.
The centre, which will become the company's fourth in the region, will provide a free educational resource for school children across Yorkshire featuring interactive displays linked to the national curriculum. Visits to the centre will available through pre-booking only.
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