Climate change
We’re seeing more rainfall which can overwhelm the wastewater systems, causing sewer flooding in the village and spills from the storm overflow at the wastewater treatment works.
Taking action in Staveley
22 Mar 2024
We are making a head start on a multi-million-pound, multi-faceted solution to help reduce storm water spills at Staveley wastewater treatment works and to address sewer flooding in Staveley village.
Here's our three-step plan to tackle the complex challenges:
- Increasing capacity at Staveley treatment works.
- Removing surface water through:
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- funding water butts for all Staveley residents
- finding SUDS pods at the local school and other suitable locations across the village, such as the community centre
- supporting a local Council-led project at Brow Lane to remove surface water
- Modelling and designing an integrated solution which will include:
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- CCTV-ing the entire local sewer network to understand current flow behaviours
- installing sewer monitors to collect data about flow through the network
- sharing our proposed solution design
The solution for Staveley will require input from our partners and stakeholders and we are working closely with the Environment Agency, Natural England and the Lake District National Park (LDNP) in particular.
What are the challenges facing Staveley?
Historical network
Most of the sewer network takes foul and rainwater due to the period when Staveley developed. Rainwater doesn’t need to be treated and should go direct to a watercourse.
Development
An increase in homes, businesses and tourists has seen an additional strain on the sewer network.
Geography
Staveley has two main rivers designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and is surrounded by steep hillside. These factors make drainage management more complex.