Press release

Secretary of State visit to Esholt

Caroline Spelman MP attended the first regional Cabinet in Bradford, then visited Yorkshire Water’s Esholt Waste Water Treatment works.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Dame Caroline Spelman
• Published: 30 June 2010

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Caroline Spelman MP attended the first regional Cabinet in Bradford on Tuesday 29th July. Afterwards she visited Yorkshire Water’s Esholt Waste Water Treatment works.

She was briefed on water resources and drought resilience by Chief Executive Richard Flint before touring part of the plant which treats waste from 300,000 homes in Bradford and North Leeds.

The company has invested £75 million in innovative technologies including renewable energy from anaerobic digestion and sludge phyto-composing -  a process that involves growing grass on sewage sludge and green waste to produce a low odour material.

Published 30 June 2010