MORE than 2,000 hectares of damaged peat in West Yorkshire has been restored since last year as part of a £9 million project to improve drinking water quality.
Heather bales have been lifted by helicopter into gullies in the Chellow area of Bradford amid other places to stop peat eroding into the reservoir below.
Andrew Walker, Yorkshire Water’s catchment manager, said: “Our work will have wider environmental benefits too.”
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here