East Sussex village to benefit from sewer sealing work to reduce storm overflows
Work is underway to seal up to 2.2km of sewer to help reduce storm overflows near the village of Fairlight.
Work is underway to seal up to 2.2km of sewer to help reduce storm overflows near the village of Fairlight.
The village is one of our schemes, known as pathfinders, that work on different solutions to help reduce the amount of ground and surface water entering our sewer system – which after heavy rain can cause storm overflows when our network cannot cope with demand.
It is one of the many ways, our teams are working hard to reduce storm overflows across our region, it also comes following the launch of our £1.5bn Clean Rivers and Seas Plan.
Project Manager for Southern Water, Angus Cramp, said:
“We’re excited to reach this stage of this project, which is already producing some impressive results we will be sharing in the coming weeks.
“Sealing sewers has been proven to work elsewhere in our region and can make a real difference in stopping groundwater infiltrating our network which in turn can prevent spills.
“Customers will expect to see a number of our teams in the area, and we’re sorry for any disruption this may cause in the coming weeks – but we know that this work is going to make a difference and will help with our wider goal of creating healthy rivers and seas.”
The roads that will have work to seal sewers in Fairlight includes Lower Waites Lane, Chanel Way, Rockmead Road, Bramble Way and Shepards Way.
Southern Water is aiming to reduce storm overflows significantly over the next ten years, and last year launched its £1.5bn Clean Rivers and Seas Plan that sets out how this will be achieved.