# Work to cut sewage spills nears completion

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/work-to-cut-sewage-spills-nears-completion/
- Published: 2026-10-30T06:05:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T06:37:29+00:00
- Original publisher: feeds.bbci.co.uk (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crz980njxj4ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Sheffield

## Key points

- Sheffield’s new tank will hold 1.5 million litres.
- Yorkshire Water says it will cut stream discharges by 90%.
- The displaced allotment charity still has concerns about trees and compensation.

## Summary

Yorkshire Water’s underground storage tank in Sheffield is about two-thirds complete, in a £3.2m scheme intended to cut sewage discharges into Firth Park stream and prevent sewage flooding nearby homes. The project matters locally both for reducing pollution and flood risk and because construction displaced a community allotment charity that has operated at the site for about 20 years.

The tank will be 15 metres wide and 17 metres deep, holding up to 1.5 million litres of wastewater and rainwater; the company says it will reduce discharges into the stream by 90%. Work remains on track to finish in summer 2027, after which the allotments are due to be restored, including three plots brought back into use. The charity has continued activities elsewhere but says it is concerned about lost mature fruit trees, restoration and compensation; the project is one of 470 in Yorkshire Water’s £1.5bn programme to reduce storm overflows by 2030.

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