Work is underway to revamp over three kilometres of sewer pipes across Nottingham - the £850,000 investment by Severn Trent Water will replace some of the city’s oldest sewer pipes with brand new ones.

Severn Trent’s David McKune explained:

“The sewer pipes in and around Nottingham city centre have served the community well for many decades, with some up to 150 years old. As they get older and the city’s population grows, they become more prone to bursting. Installing the new sewers will help to prevent costly, and extremely disruptive, emergency repairs, which often leads to road closures and localised sewer flooding.”

“Anyone who has experienced sewer flooding will say that it’s one of the worst things you can experience, which is why we’re committed to doing all we can to help prevent it.”

To help further reduce the impact of the work in the city centre, Severn Trent’s contract partner, NMCNomenca, will be using ‘trenchless’ techniques to re-line the sewers through existing manholes where possible. This will reduce the need for large excavations and cut down the time the work will take.

The work has also been planned to take place alongside some major water pipe improvements in Nottingham to ensure all of the work is done in one go.

The scheme, which began at the end of July, is expected to be completed by the end of November 2016.