Yorkshire Water is making good progress on work to install a large underground pipe between Goole Carr Lane pumping station and the nearby River Ouse.
The installation of the large underground pipe is the latest phase of a £3.6m package of improvements to the site, which the company began in May, to improve the pumping station's pumping capacity and its resilience.
The company began the project to install the 700 meter long pipe, which will serve as a second storm release pipe for the facility, in July this year, with the pipe expected to be fully connected by the end of the year.
The role of a storm release pipe is to safely divert any excess flows during a storm event which can't be pumped up to the treatment works, away from the pumping station and out into the nearby River Ouse. Having a second storm release pipe in place will further improve the facility's robustness and resilience.
Two new storm assist pumps, which have a combined pumping capacity of 1,400 litres a second, are being installed at the plant, with the first of these already in place.
The second pump will be installed later in the year, permanently increasing the overall pumping capacity of the site by approximately 20%.
Malcolm Watchorn, project manager, said the work, which is being carried out by Yorkshire Water’s expert engineering partners ETM, is part of a bigger £3.6m project - which includes the installation of two additional storm assist pumps - to boost the resilience of Carr Lane pumping station and increase its overall pumping capacity by approximately 20%.
Further studies to inform future flood investments
The company has confirmed that its £275,000 study into the town's sewerage network is all but complete and currently in the final stages of being audited.
Yorkshire Water's study of the sewerage network is being carried out alongside East Riding of Yorkshire Council's own study into how flood water moves on the surface and how Goole's drainage system interacts with surrounding agricultural land.
Once the Council's surface water study is complete, it will be combined with Yorkshire Water's sewer study to provide an overall view of just how the town's drainage system interacts and responds during various weather conditions.
The results will help to accurately inform any potential future investment into further flood resilience work.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council report into the causes of flooding in Goole last July, is now expected to be complete towards the end of the year in order to take into consideration the findings of the drainage study. The causes of the flooding in Goole last July will not be known until the report is concluded and released.
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