Jersey Water

The big thaw, check your properties for Leaks

Jersey Water is urging Islanders to check their properties for water leaks, particularly outside taps, empty buildings, out-houses or farm buildings. Following this week’s freezing conditions the Company has seen a notable increase in the demand for water overnight, following the thaw that is likely to be from small leaks on private pipe work at customer properties across the island.

Helier Smith, Chief Executive said “We are maintaining the supply of water to the network and have increased the output from our treatment works by 10% this morning, this represents an additional 2.5Ml per day, to keep up with this spike in demand. We still have the capacity to increase output further and we also have plenty of water in store. We are confident that this increase in demand is directly linked to the overnight thaw following the exceptionally cold weather we have experienced. Our systems indicate that the likely type of leakage is from a number of small leaks rather than a single large leak. Our leakage detection, network and operations engineers are monitoring the situation and will continue to do so over the weekend.

Our Customer Services team have been busy today with customers calling for advice on leakage at their properties, this has included leaks on building sites and unoccupied buildings, our advice is always to turn off the internal stop tap and call a plumber. We would urge Islanders if they know of friends or neighbours that may have been away, or have empty buildings or outdoor supplies to check for leakage.

The Emergency Road Works were completed on Tuesday 6th September and the road re-opened at 4pm.  We would like to thank everyone for their patience whilst we undertook these essential repairs.

 

Following a mains water burst at the junction of St. Clements Road, Grève d’Azette and Havre des Pas traffic control measures have been implemented this morning for the next 48 hours.

This will cause significant delays at peak periods.

St. Clements Road is closed to south bound traffic from Route du Fort. The south bound 1A bus has been diverted and will pick up from outside the Ommaroo Hotel bus stop. The bus stop in St. Clements Road opposite the garage has been temporarily suspended until the road is re-opened. Customers that normally use this stop can catch the 1A from the stop outside of the Ommaroo Hotel.

St. Clements coast road, Greve d’Azette and Havre de Pas will remain open but traffic control will be in place at the roundabout outside of the Hotel de Normandie. North bound traffic will be able to use St. Clements road.

Customer’s water supplies will not be affected during these repairs and it is hoped that the road will be open within 48 hours; if possible please avoid the area.

Jersey Water would like to apologise for the inconvenience that this will undoubtedly cause and wishes to reassure the public that it is using all its resources to make these emergency repairs as quickly as possible.