THREE WEEKS IN to the pea season and there are still no reported foul odours from Yorkshire Water’s Waste Water Treatment Works – so have we won the Battle of the Pong? Councillor John Dennis in a letter to the Hedon Blog expresses his hopes that Yorkshire Water have been successful in sorting out the … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Yorkshire Water Smells
Smell-free Summer so far!
THE LATEST update from Yorkshire Water shows that NO COMPLAINTS have been received about foul odours from the Waste Water Treatment Works at Saltend. In the week Monday 9th of July – Sunday 15th July 2012, no odour reports had been logged – in the same period last year then over 20 complaints had been … Continue reading »
Hedon / Hull / Paull / Preston / Thorngumbald / Yorkshire Water Smells
Pea Season 2012 has begun… on alert for odours!
THE PEA HARVEST season has started. The process of washing, blanching and freezing thousands of tonnes of peas at the processing plant in Hull has begun. Over the summer vast quantities of pea-residue is discharged into the sewerage system and eventually arrives down at Yorkshire Water’s waste water treatment works at Saltend. Over the 12 … Continue reading »
Council pledge to respond quickly to any odour complaints during Pea Season
COUNCIL OFFICERS will have a daily presence in the Hedon area during the upcoming pea harvest in order to be able to respond promptly to any complaints of odours from the Saltend Waste Water Treatment Works. The information comes in a letter sent to complainants from East Riding Council Environmental Health Officer, Jonathan Smith. According to … Continue reading »
The Pea harvest 2012 – Are we in for a smelly time again?
THIS YEAR marks the 65th Anniversary of Birds Eye’s first pea harvest, and the company is celebrating by giving away free pea seeds. We republish this article in the hope that local residents will also be celebrating the ‘moment when the pod went pop’ – by breathing sweet, clean, odourless air. First published in May … Continue reading »
Hedon Blog Statement – Yorkshire Water Community Fund
FOLLOWING the announcement yesterday that Yorkshire Water are to put in place a £50,000 Community Fund then the Blog has received lots of questions and opinions about the fund. This debate will continue to be reflected on these pages. A meeting at the Waste Water Treatment Works (which is not a public meeting) takes place on … Continue reading »
Hedon / Holderness / Hull / Paull / Preston / Yorkshire Water Smells
Yorkshire Water announces £50,000 Community Fund
YORKSHIRE WATER have today announced that a £50,000 Community Fund will be put in place to compensate for the problem odours that have impacted on residents during the last few years from the Waste Water Treatment Works at Saltend. Richard Sears, Community Engagement Manager for Yorkshire Water, said: “We know that for some years the … Continue reading »
Community Fund to compensate for Yorkshire Water smells?
YORKSHIRE WATER has hinted at plans to establish a ‘Community Fund’ as a way of compensating local residents for problems caused by the smells from the Waste Water Treatment Works at Saltend. In the Hull Daily Mail yesterday Yorkshire Water’s Matt Thompson was quoted as saying: “We are keenly aware that we have had to … Continue reading »
