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Sewer renovation work to begin in Watford (From Watford Observer)
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Sewer renovation work to begin in Watford
12:30pm Wednesday 27th February 2013 in News
By Adam Binnie, Senior Reporter
A six-week survey of nearly 20 miles of sewers in Watford will be undertaken in order to clear blockages built up over ten years.
The work will involve 20 engineers looking down every sewer pipe in the town to see if there are any blockages that need cleaning or repairs that need doing.
Thames Water has started the scheme to try and solve a long-standing issue with sewer flooding in the town.
Bob Collington, Thames Water’s operations director, said: "We have had repeated issues over the years in Watford and although we have put in a lot of short-term solutions.
"These have not solved the problem. We are now assessing the whole of the sewer network to make sure we find out exactly where the problems are and how to resolve them.
"This is a big job but and our plan is to get the work done in six weeks, but obviously this might take longer depending on what we find when we get underground."
Work will start in Kensington Avenue in West Watford, and will take place at times aiming to cause minimal disruption.
Mayor of Watford, Dorothy Thornhill, said: "I know that there are concerns about sewerage and flooding in certain parts of Watford, therefore I am delighted that this proactive work will lead to a resolution for many residents."
Comments(9)
Mohandas
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2:03pm Wed 27 Feb 13
Andrew1963
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3:53pm Wed 27 Feb 13
Maceo & Fred
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4:39pm Wed 27 Feb 13
pepsiman wrote:They could also find there has been some muck spreading about farm terrace allotments in the town hall sewers
They should start in Dotties office
Andrew Turpie
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4:48pm Wed 27 Feb 13
WD18Firm
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7:25pm Wed 27 Feb 13
There's been a horrid sewage smell there for months.
Phil Drackley
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2:28am Thu 28 Feb 13
Of course, under 'workfare', all this sort of work will be done by the unemployed and disabled.
Roi De Bouchenoire
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7:56pm Thu 28 Feb 13
I think it is only fair that all of the registered slum landlords of these properties should be billed for renewing and upgrading of the sewers.
garston tony
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2:01pm Fri 1 Mar 13
Roi De Bouchenoire wrote:A lot of the problems are indeed caused by change in habits.
The problem along Whippendell Rd is caused by having 15 doorbells on most of the houses which, when built, were intended as a single family dwellings and not as H.M.O's. I think it is only fair that all of the registered slum landlords of these properties should be billed for renewing and upgrading of the sewers.
As well as HMO's there is also the issue of waste from restaurants and take aways etc. An old friend of mine suffered from sewers blocking up and waste leaking into his garden and the culprit every time was found to be a small group of take aways further up the road who were blocking up the pipes with fatty waste.
Not too disimilar to how arteries in the body get clogged up.
You also have people flushing stuff down the toilet that they arent meant too like baby wipes and so on and ultimately there are just far more houses linked to the sewers then when they were first built. It all adds up to a problem.
pepsiman says...
12:49pm Wed 27 Feb 13