Southern Water is launching a major operation involving 26 storage tanks, around 20 tankers and multiple pumps to repair the latest burst sewer in Ryde.
Island Echo reported earlier this week that Southern Water had mounted an emergency response after a sewer burst near Appley Park Transfer Wastewater Pumping Station.
A large hole has been dug in Appley Park as crews work to repair the burst, with Appley Car Park closed and tankers brought into the area to help manage wastewater flows.
The scale of the operation means 26 storage tanks are being mobilised alongside multiple diesel and submersible pumps and approximately 20 tankers.
Ferry logistics and the phased arrival of plant and equipment have added extra time to the repair programme, resulting in the closure of Appley Car Park being extended.
Southern Water is now aiming to begin the main repair on Monday evening (21st September), with the repair and subsequent testing expected to be completed within approximately 1 day.
While the car park remains closed, Southern Water will also replace 2 non-return valves. Carrying out the additional work now is intended to avoid the need for another closure of Appley Car Park later in the year.
The water company currently intends to reopen the car park before the end of next week, with the area set to be cleared by Sunday 4th October ahead of Appley Day.
The latest failure comes after a lengthy history of problems with the sewer network at Appley, with tankers and temporary storage tanks having been deployed on several occasions in recent years.
Sounds expensive. I feel another water rate increase
coming.
I bet the Council are disappointed the car park is out of
action, all that lost parking revenue.
Maybe they should make sure numpties in Sandown don’t
EVADE paying parking charges by parking on the pavement outside the old tourist information centre opposite Sandown Pier inside a pedestrianised zone.
Lol
You can thank reform for that, voting in support of southern water, the private owners of our water. And they call themselves patriots! Nationalisation is the only fix. It’s the biggest tory lie of all that the private sector will reduce costs!
Seems Ryde produces a lot of sewage. Used to be strewn all over the sandbanks at low water back in the 70’s. And when the tide was in, many a child had the angst of trying to swim away from a floater, which seemed to be attracted to you as a magnet attracts iron.
Those floating rafts at Apply was sometimes a handy means of escape.