The money will be used to upgrade two storm overflows in York that are known to spill untreated sewage into the rivers during what the water company calls ‘periods of prolonged or heavy rainfall’.
A spokesman for the company said improvements to the overflow under Boots on Coney Street would halve the discharges into the River Ouse there.
Improvements to a second storm overflow on Fishergate would reduce discharges into the Foss by about 10 per cent, he added.
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