News Briefs: ​Yorkshire Debuts Nature-Based Wastewater Treatment Works

A wastewater treatment works using 20,000 wetland plants was recently completed by Yorkshire Water — a water supply and utility company in Yorkshire, England. The Clifton wastewater treatment works features wetland ponds as the only wastewater treatment process on site as a trial to see how nature-based treatment can perform.“The clay and wetland plants will naturally treat the wastewater at Clifton, reducing the reliance of energy-heavy treatment processes, providing a sustainable way to remove phosphorus while creating wildlife diversity and achieving a biodiversity net gain,” Michael Housby, lead project manager at Yorkshire Water, told the Doncaster Free Press. “This project will