Hampshire North
Hampshire North groundwater level as of February 2024: 84mAOD
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We provide various building and development services to help you complete your project and get you connected to the network.
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We provide a range of commercial services across our region. You can learn more and enquire about them here.
Useful Commercial links
Here you can access all the information you need about our retailer commitment, our policies, using the retailer portal, and more.
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Here you'll find all the latest information on what's happening in our region including our current Pathfinder projects.
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Here you can view the latest groundwater levels for the different areas of our region.
Simply put, groundwater is water that is stored beneath the ground. When it rains, water soaks through the ground, permeating through soil and rock. There it is stored underground in a layer of porous rock or sediment - known as an aquifer.
We receive updates from the Environment Agency and compile the data from readings taken at our indicator boreholes.
Groundwater is measured in Metres Above Ordnance Datum (mAOD). mAOD is based on the mean sea level at Newlyn in Cornwall and is used as the reference point to calculate height above sea level in the UK.
The graphs below show the latest groundwater levels compared to previous years. The red, orange and yellow lines show how the actual levels compare to what's considered as exceptionally or notably low.
Hampshire North groundwater level as of February 2024: 84mAOD
Hampshire South groundwater level as of August 2023: 82mAOD
Isle of Wight groundwater level as of February 2024: 30mAOD
Thanet groundwater level as of February 2024: 70mAOD
Sussex Brighton groundwater level as of February 2024: 33mAOD
Hampshire North groundwater level as of February 2024: 84mAOD
Hampshire South groundwater level as of August 2023: 82mAOD
Isle of Wight groundwater level as of February 2024: 30mAOD
Thanet groundwater level as of February 2024: 70mAOD
Sussex Brighton groundwater level as of February 2024: 33mAOD
70% groundwater
As rain soaks through the ground it is stored in 'aquifers'. We pump this water (groundwater) to the surface where it is treated and supplied to you.
23% rivers
We take water from rivers to fill our reservoirs, or to pump directly to water treatment works for supply. More than 15% of the water we take from rivers comes from recycled water which has been cleaned at our wastewater treatment works and released into the river.
7% reservoirs
We have four reservoirs, the largest is Bewl Water on the Kent/Sussex border, followed by Weir Wood, Darwell and Powdermill in Sussex.
The drought status in any area is based on several factors including historic rainfall, groundwater and reservoir levels. If a groundwater drought trigger level is met this does not necessarily mean the overall drought status has changed.
Drought trigger curves are based on those in our current Drought Plan.