- Clifton Sewage Treatment Plant
- Sustainability - Natural Environment Category
Company Details
Contact Name
Ciaran Duignan
Address
Unit 4E, Nutgrove Office Park, Nutgrove Avenue, Dublin 14, Ireland
Categories/Group
Project Category
- Sustainability - Natural Environment Category
Project Group
Sustainability - Natural Environment Category
Project Details
Name of the project
Clifton Sewage Treatment Plant
Location
Yorkshire, UK
Client
Barhale/Doosan JV on behalf of Yorkshire Water
Project Description
A nature based, Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICW) providing low energy, environmentally friendly, wastewater treatment with significant biodiversity benefits, promoting the UN Sustainability Development Goals. The scheme treats all flows from a small village (population equivalent of 180 persons) in Yorkshire; the first of its type in the UK to treat all flows and the first biodiversity Net Gain positive wastewater treatment plant. Comprising five individual, shallow, treatment ponds over half a hectare, housing more than 20,000 plants of 25 different species promoting nutrient uptake and a diverse habitat. The passive treatment process eliminates the need for energy heavy, chemical treatment processe