Yorkshire Water supports Great Yorkshire Rivers Partnership with £3.4m following the conclusion of Ofwat investigation.
Jordans dam fish pass
It was announced that the £40m package will be invested in Yorkshire, this would not be paid for by customers but by Yorkshire Water and its shareholders.
Of the total amount, £3.4m will go to the Great Yorkshire Rivers partnership, which brings together 15 partners working together on an ambitious goal of addressing all significant artificial barriers (such as weirs and dams) in Yorkshire impacting fish migration by 2043.
“We welcome the additional funding that supports the vision of our Partnership that aims to deliver real change within the Yorkshire landscape. Our mission is to address all significant barriers to fish migration in Yorkshire’s rivers. This helps nature restore natural river processes, improve water quality and promote biodiversity to create better blue spaces for both nature and people. By reinvesting this money in Yorkshire, even more projects will be delivered by Great Yorkshire Rivers partners across the county to support the recovery of our native fish species.”