Drainage issues
Blocked drains
Quite often our drains become blocked by silt, debris or tree roots. Where his happens, our team will undertake clearance works utilising high pressure water jetting and root cutting equipment.
At known drainage ‘hot spots’ that regularly flood, we are undertaking a programme of detailed drainage investigation where we will use CCTV equipment to record images of the condition of the drainage pipework. The pictures below show a section of pipework that had become damaged due to tree roots breaking through the pipework and impeding water flow. Once the problem was identified, the pipe could then be cleared of the tree roots and re-lined, so that the drainage system could adequately function again.
Rural drainage systems
Given the rural nature of East Sussex, much of our drainage system relies upon ditches alongside the roads, which our drainage gullies feed into. Many of our ditches and pipes feed into ditches owned and maintained by local landowners, the County Council has a right to discharge highway surface water into them. Our team liaises directly with local land owners to ensure that ditches are correctly maintained.
Did you know we are also responsible for 505km of highway ditches across the county, and we have a cyclical programme of clearing and refurbishing them.
Broken pipes
On some occasions, the drainage pipes will have broken completely. Where this is the case, we will replace the broken pipe with new sections.