Two schools receive free water drainage systems
Two primary schools in this area have received free sustainable drainage systems from Yorkshire Water.
Pickering Infant School and Lindhead School in Scarborough were among 232 across the county to help prevent storm water discharges to watercourses by slowing the flow of rain entering the sewer network.
Yorkshire Water has installed SuDS in areas where Yorkshire Water has been improving the sewer network and reducing discharges as part of a £180m investment to improve Yorkshire’s combined sewer overflows.
SuDS are nature-based solutions which capture rainwater run-off from buildings by re-routing the downpipe from the roofs into the planter.
The water is then stored in the planters where plants can soak it up, and any remaining water is then released slowly back into the drains, reducing the risk of overwhelming sewer networks.
Omair Khan, lead project manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “Some schools were chosen based on their proximity to an investment project to reduce the volume of rainwater entering combined sewers.
“As a result, slowing the flows of rain and surface water into the sewer network, will reduce the frequency and impact of storm discharges on nearby watercourses.”