Brighton sewers

Brighton, part of the city of Brighton and Hove in England, United Kingdom, is home to an extensive system of Victorian sewers running under the town in addition to a large modern storm drain under the beach.

The company responsible for the sewers, Southern Water, run tours for the public during the summer and Brighton Festival.

The system is connected to a number of outfalls at the popular bathing beach, including emergency storm-water outfalls which were still able to release raw sewage into the 1990s. One of these may be seen in the stone groyne adjacent to the Palace Pier. During the late 1990s, a massive storm water collection drain – wide enough to drive a vehicle through – was constructed along the beach, using tunnelling machines similar to those used to cut the Channel Tunnel. These were lowered to the tunnel depth via several deep holes cut at intervals along the beach, which were subsequently capped and covered. Pebbles were replaced on top afterwards, rendering the drain hidden and returning the beach to its former appearance, and public use.

ee also

*History of Brighton

External links

* [http://www.southernwater.co.uk/homeAndLeisure/daysOut/brightonSewerTours/TourDates.asp Sewer Tours]