Damage to one of our sewer mains has been found on farm land near Cliffs End, Thanet.
Wastewater flows are currently contained and there is no damage to the environment.
Update 01/11/2021 2100
Following the successful completion of a temporary repair to one of our sewers on farm land near Cliffs End, Thanet, we continue to work on a permanent repair, while maintaining our service to customers and preventing any harm to the environment.
Having made the area around the damaged sewer main site resilient ahead of last week’s heavy rainfall, the environment was protected under challenging working conditions. We continue to make regular checks on site and at local pumping stations day and night to ensure we are maintaining our commitment to prioritise our service to customers and environment. We are pleased to confirm that our dedicated field teams, working in demanding weather conditions, were able to prevent effluent releases at Margate through the temporary repair, and the Environment has been protected.
Tankers remain in place, as a precaution to help manage flows if needed, until the full repair is completed. One lane of the A256 remains closed adjacent to the site to safely facilitate this operation. We apologise for the continued disruption and thank people for their patience.
Specialist teams are due back on site on Wednesday in order to continue to prepare for the pipe replacement needed to make a permanent repair. We continue to make good progress with our work but at this time we are not able to confirm when the work will be complete.
We are in regular contact with the Environment Agency and Thanet
District Council to keep them informed of our progress.
ENDS
Update 04/11/21 19:00
Last weekend we successfully completed a temporary repair to one of our sewers on farm land near Cliffsend, Thanet. We continue to maintain our service to customers and protect the environment.
We remain on site as we wait for a specialist part to arrive so we can complete a more permanent repair and close the excavation. Tankers remain in place, as a precaution to help manage flows if needed, until the repair is completed. One lane of the A256 remains closed adjacent to the site to safely facilitate this operation. We apologise for the continued disruption and thank people for their patience.
This specialist part has needed to be uniquely manufactured to fit the site requirements and believe this should arrive by this weekend, at which time we will then be able to complete the repair and leave the site. We will provide a further update once this is complete.
We are in regular contact with the Environment Agency to keep them informed of our progress.
ENDS