Afternoon all

I just wanted to invite local residents to a meeting with Thames Water this Thursday 5 Feb 11 am on the corner of Ewelme Rd and Honor Oak Road - I do not intend to make the meeting just about Ewelme and would welcome any residents from the local area with similar issues.

For further updates please see below.

Cllr Paul Upex
Forest Hill Ward
020 8314 9952
cllr_paul.upex@lewisham.gov.uk
@paulupex
http://www.labour4foresthill.org.uk



Meeting confirmation
Ewelme Road
Thursday 5 February at 11am

Dear Councillor Upex

Thank you for your message. I am pleased to confirm I have spoken to Gary Page and confirmed he is available to meet you in Ewelme Road on Thursday 5 February at 11am. I have also arranged for one of our Customer Representatives to attend the meeting to help answer any questions you or residents may have.

Further Update

I am writing further to my email and telephone message of yesterday.
I have spoken to Gary Page, our Field Operations Specialist, who has overseen the investigation into the water visible in Ewelme Road. We have completed extensive investigations into its source and can confirm it is not coming from our pipework.

We recently carried out a four hour trial shut of our main to see if there was any effect upon the water appearing in the road but there was none. We have also tested the water found in the BT chamber pits. We found no Chlorine, which would have indicated that the water came from our clean pipework, or Ammonia, which would indicate it came from our sewers. We have also checked the main in Ewelme Road and found no leaks.

In light of your concerns, Gary visited site again yesterday and checked the main again, just to ensure there were no leaks. Again he found no evidence of any leaks and we are confident that the water is naturally occurring and not from any of our assets.

During this visit he did notice a blocked roadside gulley which could be contributing to the problem. Gary has reported this to Lewisham Council and they have confirmed they are arranging for their contractors to jet this clear.