Drainage Services in Wellington

Wellington lies on the Tone valley floor beneath the Blackdown Hills, and runoff from that greensand ridge is a defining feature. Springs break out along the base of the hills and feed streams that cross the town, so groundwater levels stay high and surface-water systems have to cope with water arriving from higher ground as well as rain falling locally.

The valley floor itself is heavy clay and alluvium, which percolates poorly and moves seasonally. That combination cracks older clay pipework, opens joints and causes soakaways to waterlog rather than disperse — a common reason for standing water and surcharging gullies here. The Victorian town centre, which grew around the woollen mills, has shallow clay drainage, some combined, with root ingress from mature trees, while post-war areas such as Rockwell Green use clay-to-plastic separated systems on flatter ground with shallow falls. Villages towards the Blackdowns include many off-mains properties where clay percolation is marginal.

We CCTV survey in Wellington to establish whether the cause is spring-fed groundwater, clay ground movement or blockage, since only one of those is fixed by clearing the pipe. Jetting clears silt and root blockages, no-dig lining repairs fractured runs without excavating waterlogged ground, and new surface-water and septic drainage is designed from measured percolation.