Flooding

Sadly, the winter just keeps on giving at the moment with a lot of rain today and more unsettled weather expected in the coming weeks The current situation is set out below. There are also flood alerts starting to go on in the Oxfordshire area of the River Thames.​

• flood warnings - Flooding is expected
  • River Lambourn from Donnington to NewburyUpdated 8:01am on 12 March 2024
• flood alerts - Flooding is possible
  • Groundwater flooding in the Great Shefford areaUpdated 10:10am on 8 March 2024
  • Groundwater flooding in the Lambourn Valley catchmentUpdated 10:10am on 8 March 2024
  • Groundwater flooding in the Leckhampstead areaUpdated 10:10am on 8 March 2024
  • Groundwater flooding in West Ilsley, East Ilsley, Compton, Chilton and West HagbourneUpdated 10:10am on 8 March 2024
  • River Kennet and its tributaries from Berwick Bassett down to NewburyUpdated 8:38am on 12 March 2024
  • River Kennet from Thatcham down to ReadingUpdated 8:38am on 12 March 2024
  • River Lambourn and its tributaries from Upper Lambourn down to NewburyUpdated 8:38am on 12 March 2024
  • River Pang from East Ilsley to Pangbourne and Sulham BrookUpdated 8:23am on 12 March 2024

There are still ongoing sewage and groundwater issues in many areas including Shaw /Clayhill area in Newbury, many areas along the river Lambourn and in the West Ilsley area.  We continue to be engaging with TW about this, the use of their tankers and the impact on the community which I have no doubt will be ongoing.
Council Activities: We are still in effect responding to incidents as and when they arise but we are also progressing the debriefs and the investigations as to why properties flooded (section 19 investigations).
Grant Administration: We have got the information and processes in place in relation to Grants for flooded properties. All the details, including the qualification criteria, for residential, commercial and farmers are detailed on the website: Flood Grants.  Please do share it with your communities. Anyone who needs some help can call into customer services on 01635 551111 and one of the staff will take people through the form or email: [email protected]. 
 West Berkshire Council reporting:

• Non-urgent enquiries or reporting of faults please report online: Report a Problem - West Berkshire Council
• Emergency issues during officer hours call 01635 551111
• Outside of office hours emergencies 01635 42161 (Option 4)

 Please note many officers are out on site or out of the office so please do not email individual officers but report in as detailed above and if necessary please email into the email drop box: [email protected] for one of the team to pick up.
 Other contact numbers are:  

• Threat to life – call 999.

• Sewers and foul water, call Thames Water - 0800 316 9800.
• Main river watercourse, call the Environment Agency - 0345 988 1188.