Work on a major £736,000 scheme to prevent sewer flooding in Exmouth for South West Water gets under way next month.
The water company will be constructing new surface water sewers to remove surface water from the sewerage network and making other improvements to prevent internal and external sewer flooding in the town and reduce the risk of pollution to the Exe Estuary.
The work at two separate locations in the town will be completed by April 2015.
Work at one site includes the construction of new surface water sewers, undertaking surface water separation at 20 houses, construction of three new surface water outfalls and two small pumping stations. The other site involves the reconfiguration of the local sewerage system and construction of a small pumping station.
Project manager Andy Young said:
"Camperdown Terrace and The Strand are currently served by a combined sewerage system - pipes that take both waste water from homes and businesses and surface water from roads and roofs. During times of heavy rainfall, they can struggle to cope with the volume of incoming surface water, which can lead to flooding.
"This project will go a long way to alleviate flooding and pollution in the area."
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
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