Severn Trent customers protected from flooding after teaming up with Nottinghamshire County Council

After joining forces with Severn Trent last year to help protect homes and businesses from flooding on Kelham Road in Newark, representatives from Nottinghamshire County Council were invited to visit teams working on Severn Trent’s wider Newark Project.

Severn Trent is currently working in Newark until 2020 on a £60 million investment. When completed, around 400 homes and businesses will be protected from sewer flooding.

Nick Wallace, from Severn Trent, said: “We knew there were complicated sewer problems on Kelham Road and that the residents had been suffering from flooding for many years, so we wanted to put that right.

“The area has both Severn Trent sewers and highway drains, so we got to work on increasing the size of the sewers to also increase capacity, and the Council replaced the highway drains with around 300 metres of drainage kerbs. We also carried out some work further along the system that will help with the pipes coping during river flooding.”

Severn Trent contractors NMCNomenca carried out the work on behalf of the company, and both Severn Trent and Nottinghamshire County Council funded it.

“This collaborative effort between ourselves and the council has now protected these customers from flooding, and allowed us to continue to build on this key relationship we have with the council, which will be invaluable as we continue on with our investment in Newark,” said Nick.

“To say thanks for their work, we invited the team from the council on a site tour to show them all of the work we’re doing in Newark.

“We were able to show them where we’ll be launching our tunnelling machines from and give them a real idea of the huge improvements we’ll be making in Newark and how it will benefit the whole town. We also discussed ways we can work together on the Newark Project going forwards to replicate the successes from Kelham Road.”

Councillor John Cottee, the new Chairman of Communities & Place Committee for Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “We know that flooding can have a devastating effect on local communities, which is why partnership projects like this are so important to help protect local properties from the risk of flooding in the future. And we look forward to this successful partnership between our County Council and Severn Trent continuing in the long-term.”

To keep up to date with the progress of the project in Newark, please visit stw.works