Water Resources

Environment Agency—North East Region

WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991: SCHEDULE 10 (AS AMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CONSENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 88

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Schedule 10 to the Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Environment Act 1995), that an application has been made to the Environment Agency by Yorkshire Water Services Ltd., 2 The Embankment, Sovereign Street, Leeds LS1 4BG, for consents to discharge sewage effluents from the new Hull Waste Water Treatment Scheme as detailed in the following table:

Site	Effluent	National Grid Reference of Discharge	Receiving Water	Dates	New/Existing Outlet	Reason for Application
Bransholme Sewage Pumping Station (SPS)	Sewage in an Emergency	TA 0861 3377	River Hull (tidal)	From 1/4/2000	New	New SPS following closure of Bransholme Waste Water Treatment Works (WwTW) and transfer of flows to new Hull WwTW
Hull West SPS	Sewage in an Emergency	TA 0804 2712	Humber Estuary	1/4/2001-21/12/2001	Existing	Discharge only in event of failure of new Hull WwTW during commissioning
Hull East SPS (interim)	Screen Crude Sewage	TA 1306 2866	Humber Estuary	1/4/2000-31/12/2000	Existing	Increase in flows transferred from Bransholme WwTW
Hull East SPS	Sewage in an Emergency	TA 1306 2866	Humber Estuary	1/1/2001-21/12/2001	Existing	Discharge only in event of failure of new Hull WwTW during commissioning
Hedon (Basin Bridge) SPS	Sewage in an Emergency	TA 1884 2805	Burstwick Drain	From 1/4/2000	Existing	Required to pump flows to new Hull WwTW
Hedon (Basin Bridge) SPS	Storm Sewage	TA 1712 2507	Humber Estuary	From 1/4/2000	Existing	Diversion of storm discharge from Burstwick Drain to Humber Estuary via Hedon WwTW outlet
Hedon Waste Water Treatment Works (WwTW)	Treated Effluent	TA 1712 2507	Humber Estuary	From 1/1/2001	Existing	Updated to comply with Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD). Diversion of settled sewage discharge to new Hull WwTW
Hedon WwTW	Settled Storm Sewage	TA 1712 2507	Humber Estuary	From 1/1/2001	Existing	Updated to comply with UWWTD. Diversion of settled sewage discharge to new Hull WwTW
Hull WwTW (interim)	Screened Crude Sewage	TA 1486 2806	Humber Estuary	1/1/2000-31/12/2000	New	Commissioning of new WwTW. All discharges will receive minimum of screening
Hull WwTW	Treated Effluent	TA 1486 2806	Humber Estuary	From 1/1/2001	New	New WwTW designed to comply with UWWTD
Hull WwTW	Storm Sewage	TA 1486 2806	Humber Estuary	From 1/1/2001	New	New WwTW designed to comply with UWWTD

The discharges result from a scheme designed to provide full treatment to sewage flows up to 172,800 cubic metres per day from Hull. This will replace current discharges of screened crude sewage. A copy of the application may be inspected, free of charge, at the local Environment Agency office at Viking Close, Great Gutter Lane, Willerby, near Hull HU10 6DE, on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. up to 5th November 1999. Any person who wishes to make representations or objections with respect to the application should do so in writing to the Environment Agency, North East Region, Phoenix House, Global Avenue, Leeds LS11 8PG, for the attention of Simon Bullett, not later than 5th November 1999. S. Bullett, Team Leader, Water Quality Consents 24th September 1999.