Crossing my finger for everyone re water supplies over the holiday weekend. Here is the latest from Thames Water on the Belsize Road burst:
We’re continuing with our repair work to the large pipe that burst on Saturday in Belsize Road.
The pipe – one of our largest – needs specialist fittings to be designed and made. Once they’re delivered, we’re expecting to complete the repair by the end of the week.
We’ll then focus on repairing the road surface. A short section of Belsize Road remains closed in the meantime.
We’re really sorry if this burst affected your supply. We’ve redirected water around our network while we fix the pipe, so everyone should now have water.
We also have teams working in the area to fix leaks caused by the recent rise in temperatures.
If you’re still experiencing supply problems, please let us know on 0800 316 9800.
Thank you for your patience while we’ve been working to get things back to normal.
If we have further updates, we’ll publish them HERE.
One positive I noticed is that Brent Policies Map has some of South Kilburns flood spots indicated on it.
ReplyDeleteBurst water mains can happen literally anywhere that mains water is supplied. Flooding is more manageable and its historic locations where over-development should be avoided according to the National Planning Policy Framework are well known hot spots.
Next step is surface water to fluvial flood re-designation of South Kilburn. The River Westbourne becomes local lead flood authorities 'lost' only in South Kilburn, I would expect this river to be 'found' in 2023!