Twice a week I drive down a road in the town centre over a manhole that, judging by the water coming out of it and the stench that then fills the car
is a leaking sewer main.
Who's responsibility is it? It's been like this well over a month and as the locals don't seem to want to do anything about it I
thought I would call.
Is it Thames Water? As the 'sewer company'? Or one of the many seemingly random water companies and hard to track down?
Cheers,
James
you should be able to report it through
http://www.fixmystreet.com/
We have a manhole a few hundred yards down the road that has been spewing out water for nearly 2 weeks. To the extent that it has lifted the cast
iron manhole cover. The water is clean in this case.
I drove past it for a couple of days assuming the people in the immediate area would have called the water company. When nothing happened I called
the water company who confirmed it had been reported numerous times. They had attended and determined it was ground water and nothing to do with
their network. A quick follow up call to the council confirmed the same. Their response was unless it presented a road hazard then no further action
would be taken.
In your case if there's sewage involved there must be a health and safety issue. At the very least it will contaminate the surrounding ground
water. I'd start with the council and see what they say.
local water board...
even if it was put in by the firm that built the houses, it has most likely been adopted by them
I once had to phone in to the council about a sewage leakage in a similar situation.
I was given the runaround and phoned different people until I ended up at the first person I had called.
I asked the guy on the phone who he would call if he had the problem.
He said then that 'he was that person....'
He got it sorted quickly then.
Best of luck.
Lovely! Typical snivel servant attitude where 'work is extra'
The RAJ didn't die out, it merely moved back home :-)
[Edited on 15/1/13 by Bare]
Hi there Any sewer that is shared By more than one property is the respounsabilty of the local water athorty