Who is responsible for water drainage

If the blockage or damage is within your boundary and in a pipe serving your home, then the onus is on you to resolve the issue. This can be done by getting in touch with a drainage contractor and discussing the issue with them. After an inspection, the drain will either be cleared or repaired. It is possible that your drains are covered by your home insurance, so make sure to check this beforehand.

While the pipes coming from your home are yours to maintain, the main sewer system that they connect to is not. The sewers are where all the surrounding properties on your street connect to, so assigning accountability to any one of these is impossible. Express Clear provide a range of professional drainage services to resolve major and minor issues with your drains. We work closely with you to provide a swift and safe solution to ensure your drains are unblocked , cleaned and repaired to the highest possible standards.

We offer a rapid response service and our team of specialists can advise on how best to care for your drains to prevent trouble in the future. For more information , contact us today. All watercourses of any description fall to the landowner to maintain, which in some instances may be the Borough Council but more often will be private landowners.

The Council holds a budget to meet its own responsibilities on its own land and operates an asset maintenance program for the inspection and clearance of its own trash screens, culvert inlet and silt traps. The Council can serve notice and carry out works if ditches and culverts have become blocked resulting in a flood risk or health hazard.

These powers are contained in the Land Drainage Acts and , and Sections of the Public Health Act , but are not instantaneous - the process between first notification of a problem and serving a notice can take some months, and further stages are required if the landowner defaults on the notice. The costs involved in carrying out any such works, plus the administration costs associated with serving notice, are passed on to the landowners. The private landowner is responsible for drainage issues relating to private drains, watercourses and sewers.

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