Thames Water serves 13 million customers throughout London and the
Thames Valley and is currently in the process of replacing 109km of
Victorian water mains in the City and parts of the City Fringe, a
third of these water mains are over 150 years old and half are over
100 years old.
The work, which began in April 2006, is due to be completed by
2013, and will save over 17million litres a day (which is currently
lost through leakage), and drastically cut the water mains burst
rate of approximately 200 incidents in the City annually. The newly
installed mains will provide the Square Mile with a more
sustainable water supply network, and will meet the London Plan
population growth forecasts for the next 25 years..
The City Property Advisory Team (CPAT) and Highways
Management Team has been working closely with Thames Water and
their contractor Optimise, to ensure that any local disruption to
businesses and residents caused by these improvements is kept to a
minimum.
City businesses may be affected by an interruption to their
water supply and which could last from four to eight
hours, however, the Thames Water project team will endeavour to
undertake this work on weekends and outside of business
hours. Businesses will be informed (via letter), of how
the work will affect them two weeks before commencement and again
48 hours before work begins. In addition, the City of London’s City
Property Advisory Team (CPAT), has been helping Thames Water get
the message out to businesses by organising seminars before work
begins in their areas, and by sending out regular email
updates of where works are taking place.
The
Strategic Utilities Street Works
map (PDF, 1.7mb) provides and overview of the
level of completion of Thames Water's Victorian Mains
Replacement works and highlights the areas where work is still
to be completed.
If you have any further queries about the mains replacement
programme please contact CPAT on tel 020 7332 3493.
Got a problem with water supply / drainage to the
building?
Visit the relevant department at
the Thames Water website