Leaks seem to be springing up all over the place, no doubt due to the excessive dry conditions as soil contracts and heaves, bursting underground pipes.  Current leaks I have checked out as outstanding for repair include St John’s Road, Park Road (the actual leak is just inside Park Close) and on Maple Drive (near The Hawthorns) which are among at least eleven currently shown as outstanding in Burgess Hill – reporting is easy via the South East Water interactive map.

A quarter of water companies have failed to meet the targets for reducing wasteful mains leakage which nationally runs at a massive 18% of supply. Mid Sussex faces a hosepipe ban from next Friday, but Ofwat as regulator needs to ensure water companies spend more on maintenance and less on profits returned to shareholders – South East Water doubled its profit in 2020/21 taking a 15% cut of water charges!