At A Glance:
- Location : Glasshoughton, West Yorkshire
- Contractor: Winvic Construction
- Consultant: Fairhurst
Products Supplied:
- Medium Risk SuDS Mitigation Indices
- Up to 200 litres per second treatment flow rate within a single unit
- Up to 11,110 m2 Catchment area within a single unit
- Treats the full flow and includes an Automatic Closure Device that will automatically close off the system in the event of a large oil spill.
- Medium Risk SuDS Mitigation Indices
- Up to 25 litres per second treatment flow rate within a single unit
- Up to 3,333 m2 Catchment area within a single unit
- Includes a Bypass for storm flows above the treatment flow rate.
- 22,500 litres storage capacity
- Incorporating high quality Grundfos pumps and associated controls. programmed to work on a duty/standby set up.
- Filter to remove potential paper labels and ensure they do not clog the pumps. Labels may be in the foul water due to the washdown process within the factory.
- Highly Chemical Resistant Internal Liner utilised due to potential chemicals and high pH.


Prism Park is a new distribution development located in Glasshoughton, near Wakefield in West Yorkshire. This specific distribution centre is part of IFCO’s distribution network. IFCO are suppliers of reusable packaging containers used by many of the major UK supermarkets for collecting, distributing and selling of fresh produce.
Fairhurst, the consulting engineer for the project called in SPEL’s expertise to meet strict SuDS water quality requirements, to a medium risk pollution hazard index.
SPEL’s ESR Range was perfect for the requirement, being fully tested by HR Wallingford to BS EN 858 (providing a 0.9 for hydrocarbon removal) and follow up testing of the unit, overseen by WRc provided the unit with a 0.8 TSS removal and a 0.6 Metals removal.
Some areas of the site had a potential oil spill risk and therefore the ESR Full Flow with its Automatic Closure Device was utilised, as this system will close off in the event of a large oil spill, ensuring no hydrocarbon pollution. Other areas of the site had no spill risk, and therefore the ESR Bypass was used as it was deemed that treating the ‘first flush’ and letting storm flows bypass was sufficiant.
For this site, a bespoke settlement/separation solution with a pumped outlet was required to remove any paper labels that may enter the drainage network following cleaning processes within the Unit. The reusable packaging containers are thoroughly washed after every use and therefore labelling can often be washed into the foul drainage network and must be captured. SPEL are a bespoke manufacturer and our technical support team are ready to help design a bespoke system (like this one) to meet your sites exact requirements.



