Clugston Construction is to develop a new £72 million sludge treatment and anaerobic digestion facility in Leeds.

Plans by Yorkshire Water involve developing the modern bio-energy facility at Knostrop works. The building is planned to be completed in 2019.

The project, which has been awarded to Black & Veatch, will see an existing sludge and bio-solid incinerator replaced to enable a more efficient method of treating sewage, as well as providing renewable power production from the waste water effluent.


The facility will be capable of processing 131 tonnes of dry sludge a day. In addition, it can generate enough energy to power 8,000 homes, or 55% of Knostrop's energy needs.

Nevil Muncaster, Director of Asset Management, said; "This is the single biggest investment of our current investment period (2015-2020) and will not only provide increased treatment capacity for our sludges but will also deliver significant operational cost savings enabling us to keep customer bills as low as possible."

"Knostrop is designated as a strategic waste site so by increasing the future sludge and bio-solid treatment capacity of the works the project will support also growth in the Leeds sub-regions."

(LM/CD)