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Thames Water faces £4.5 million bill for pumping groundwater
February 20, 2013
Thames Water is being forced to spend an additional £4.5 million a year to pump out groundwater across its region to prevent sewage flooding gardens.
The Reading-based utility company said it was experiencing problems across its network from Greater London to Gloucestershire, including two sites in Berkshire.
The firm has tankers deployed permanently at sites in Playhatch and Lambourn to remove the excess water, which it says was caused by heavy rainfall last year.
Thames Water spokesman Simon Evans said: “Last year in England we had the wettest year on record and the has led to rivers filling up and a lot of groundwater.
“Where there is an excess it runs off and into our sewer and while most of the system operates as it should there are pinch points where we need to take the water away to prevent flooding.”
Thames Water insisted customers’ bills would not be affected by the extra spend.
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