South West Water Statement

South West Water have provided the following statement regarding the burst sewer,

“We experienced a burst sewer at Looe boat yard on 8th October. Our teams worked hard to put in place mitigations to control the spill which significantly reduced flows and thankfully, the spill stopped completely at 16.55 on 9th October. As a result, the Environment Agency has informed us that they removed the pollution alert at 15:49 today (10th October).

Our teams are working around the clock to repair a burst sewer pipe at the boat yard in Looe. We are using tankers to transfer flows away from the area to prevent spills to the environment and we will be installing an overland pipe as a temporary measure until a permanent fix can be carried out. We are sorry for any disruption and noise caused by the activity taking place on site.  The tankering may cause congestion to traffic in the following locations:  West Looe Road, the main Looe Bridge and the main road into West Looe, to ensure the safety of our teams and road users, traffic management remains in place.  We would like to thank local residents for their continued patience while we work to resolve this as quickly as we can.

 We are not currently spilling to the environment and there are no pollution alerts in place from the Environment Agency.”