Hursley Village - News Archive

GROUNDWATER LEVELS

The Parish Council's Flood Action Plan requires that groundwater levels are
monitored and information provided to residents as appropriate.

The latest information from the Environment Agency is that the groundwater
level is very nearly at 42 metres above ordnance datum (AOD) - the level at
which, when the plan was prepared, Southern Water agreed to put portable
pumps on standby to mitigate groundwater ingress into the sewage system,
which would otherwise seriously impact on its operation. The groundwater level has risen by about two metres in the last three weeks
and past experience suggests that the critical level when cellar flooding
may begin at the lowest points in the village is 44 metres AOD. We have no idea whether this will be reached but residents with cellars
and/or wells are encouraged to monitor them and take whatever precautions
they deem to be necessary.

In the event, residents are requested to inform the Parish Council Flood
Action Committee (see below) of the onset of cellar flooding so that further
assistance may be sought from the local authorities in good time.

Flood Action Committee:
Martin Waldron 775309
John Brooks 775552
Steve Stevenson
Ken Day 775319

John Brooks
Parish Clerk

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