Drainage Services in Worthing

Worthing sits where the South Downs chalk meets coastal sands and clays, and much of the town's core was built up during its Victorian and Edwardian growth as a seaside resort. This means dense terraced streets around Broadwater and Tarring often run on combined clay sewers, and the mix of chalk and softer coastal deposits beneath means groundwater behaviour can vary noticeably street to street, affecting how quickly these older pipes drain during heavy rain.

Inter-war and post-war expansion towards Goring-by-Sea and Sompting used clay pipework on more consistently separate systems, and while generally more resilient than the Victorian core, these runs are now old enough that root ingress from established gardens and street trees is a regular cause of slow drainage. Closer to the seafront, sandy ground generally drains well, but flat gradients near the coast mean silt accumulation in surface water drains is common after storms.

Our process in Worthing starts with a CCTV survey to identify whether an issue stems from the town's older combined sewers or from root ingress and silt in later separate systems. High-pressure jetting is effective across the mixed pipe stock found in Worthing, and where structural defects are found in the older clay network, no-dig lining lets us avoid digging up the tightly packed terraced streets typical of the town.