Tunbridge Wells Water Chaos Deepens – Update
The water crisis gripping Tunbridge Wells has now entered its fifth day, with an estimated 18,000 homes still severely affected and South East Water (SEW) unable to provide a firm…
Southern Water Slammed: Pollution Surge Sinks Performance Rating
Key Takeaways EA Demands Immediate Action The Environment Agency is demanding a “fundamental shift in culture and behaviour” from the water sector. The decline in performance is attributed to factors…
Digital Sewer Sensors in Kent Prevent Pollution at Crucial Wildlife Sanctuary
A new system of digital sensors has helped prevent a potential environmental disaster at Singleton Lake, a key wildlife sanctuary in Kent. The sensors, which monitor sewer flows for Southern…
Kent Community Centres receive early Christmas gift from Southern Water
Sunflower House in Folkestone Ten Kent community centres are celebrating an early Christmas gift after receiving a share of Southern Water’s £30,000 regional Community Fund. Each centre has been awarded…
Kent town set for smart new sewer installation
Library image – Road closure Southern Water is adding AI technology to its underground network in an effort to cut storm overflows in Whitstable. The technology will harness the power…
Warm up winter with £30k in grants for Community Centres!
Community centres across Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight have a golden opportunity to secure funding from Southern Water to help keep their doors open and their communities…
Ray’s 100 year old photo shows generational change at Southern Water’s Whitstable works
left to right – Southern Water contractors – Lee Barrass, CMDP , Cliffe Coates, Mackleys ,Dan Erangey CMDP, Ray Chapman, Carl Coates, Mackleys and Dave Barnfield, Van Oord. Engineers working…
Work on new 1km waste water outfall pipe from north Kent coast completed
Work on the new outfall pipe at Swaleciffe Photo: Southern Water Southern Water has completed the controlled sinking of a new outfall pipe nearly one kilometre long at Swalecliffe on…
Rainwater used in Gillingham to flush the loos!
The Riverside Country Park nature reserve in Gillingham is benefiting from a new 2,350 litre rainwater tank – which serves the toilets at the park’s visitor centre thanks to the…
Folkestone and Hythe MP ‘on the case’ of bathing water pollution
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins OBE 23 April 2024. Bathing water quality in Hythe Bay Earlier this month I…