Singleton Parish Council

Southern Water Updates

Southern Water Update Tuesday 26th September 2025

Please see the update below for the end of last week and this week.

As previously stated, we will in the next few weeks be heading into and through West Dean .

The sealing works will include not just the public sewers but also private drainage systems as we have done at the top of the catchment all the way down through the valley.

We will prior to the works starting have the sewer cleaned to prevent any delays whilst this is happening we can also ensure that all manhole covers can be lifted which will also help in preventing delays.

There will be an element of traffic management required but I will update as I have done on the weekly updates.

Progress Update:

The crews have sealed approximately 57m of public and private sewer in Singleton this week.

This brings the total sealed to date to around 8427m across both public and private sewer networks.

The sewer sealing teams will be working in the same area however the works will not require any traffic management

The manhole sealing teams will be working alongside the sealing team.

The meterage is low this week due to holidays from our delivery partner's office.

Aside from the above, it’s business as usual as we continue progressing with the task at hand.

I've also included the borehole data from Chilgrove below and a historic chart which shows the ground water levels for your reference.

As you can see from the data last year on this day the ground water level was approx 39.43m AOD.

We are now starting to see a very small rise in the ground water according to the charts above.

Typically, it is around this time of year or within the next 3 weeks when we do start to see a change and the ground water levels start to rise.

I will continue to monitor as always and keep you all upto date.

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