Petition - Saltend - ready to be presented
THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING at which the petition on Yorkshire Water’s Smells was presented, have now been published. Minute 25 relating to the petition are reproduced below:
25 PETITION 04/11 – SMELLS FROM YORKSHIRE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, SALTEND
The Sub-Committee received a petition presented by Mr Ray Duffill, resident of Hedon, stating that the persistent odours from the Yorkshire Water Waste Water Treatment Works at Saltend was a nuisance, prejudicial to health and interfered with the personal comfort of the community. Residents considered that the odours from the Yorkshire Water Waste Water Treatment Works at Saltend was a statutory nuisance and should be dealt with as such by the both East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council.
Two petitions had been set up by the residents, one online and one via paper copies. 1,371 people had signed the paper copy petition and 1,034 people had signed e-petition, a total of 2,405 signatures.
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As well as meeting our campaign mascot PONGO – those attending and passing-by will have an opportunity to sign a petition or complete a Post-It note to add to the Wall of Shame.
RESIDENTS CAMPAIGNING against the Yorkshire Water Saltend Smells were in the news today! And it all started from a simple text message from Jo Gardner to BBC Radio Humberside complaining about the odours. That text message lead to interviews with radio, TV and press.
