Barcombe sewage: Southern Water apologises for any distress after ‘foul smelling liquid’ leaks in village for weeks

By Lawrence Smith
Published 10th Oct 2023, 15:40 BST
Updated 13th Oct 2023, 10:14 BST
Photos of the sewage from another Barcombe residentPhotos of the sewage from another Barcombe resident
Photos of the sewage from another Barcombe resident
Southern Water has apologised after Barcombe residents reported that sewage had been leaking in their village for four weeks.

Resident Anne Livesey told the Middy on Sunday, October 6, that 'foul smelling liquid', which had been confirmed as sewage, had been leaking across the main road at the bottom of School Hill, into the Bevern Stream and on to Barcombe Mills.

She said: “This splashed onto and from passing cars and bicycles. Pedestrians and animals must have carried some of this home on footwear as there is no pavement there.”

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She said that the leak had started in early September and said she watched Southern Water investigate a sewage outflow pipe on Friday, October 6.