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Selwood’s 24/7 service prevents sewage disaster

Selwood’s 24/7 service prevents sewage disaster

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When severe storms ravaged the south and caused a sewage tank to collapse over the Christmas holidays, Selwood’s round-the-clock service helped avoid an environmental disaster. Selwood’s 24/7 service prevents sewage disasterThe rough weather wrecked the storm tank at a Southern Water site in Ham Lane, Lewes, Sussex, on Christmas Eve. The tank, designed to store rainfall when the drainage systems are overwhelmed, spilled hundreds of thousands of litres of waste water onto the land and threatened the nearby River Ouse. Selwood’s pump hire experts were called upon by Morrison Utility Service to carry out emergency over pumping to help avoid further contamination. Selwood immediately sent a team with four Selwood S150 Super Silent pump sets and more than 800 metres of hose and specialist fitti

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