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Southern Water has been on a mission to help a local charity in Horsham deliver a ground-breaking new service.

A specialist Misconnections Investigation Team has discovered dozens of households and business premises across our region have been sending their waste directly into surface water drains instead of sewers.

Today, we are providing our annual bathing water season update, which provides details of improvements to our Beachbuoy tool and new water monitoring technology, alongside open data on the numbers of storm overflows during the 2022 bathing season.

Southern Water has awarded Community Energy Grants across the region to support community centres energy bills to ensure they can support those in need this winter.

We have today outlined where we will spend billions of pounds over the next 25 years to maintain water supplies for our customers while protecting our environment – in the face of population growth and climate change.

Schools across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent are playing their part in preventing our region’s sewage system from taking on too much rainwater too quickly – by installing water slowing technology for classroom roofs and playgrounds. 

We are extremely sorry for the disruption caused by a sinkhole that has opened on the A283 in Storrington.

Southern Water lifts hosepipe ban after excellent response from customers helps save 11 million litres of water. 

Drought risk still remains as river and reservoir levels remain lower than normal in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 

A £3m project to ensure a resilient water supply for the Isle of Sheppey in Kent is now underway.  

Horsham residents are being invited to come and speak to Southern Water about how they can save money and water by doing things a bit differently this winter.