Map of where doesn't have mains water/drainage?

daivid

My class are doing a project on what it is like to live in different places. One of the ways they suggested to rate a place was availability of utilities. It has been easy to find freely available interactive maps for gas, broadband and mobile coverage but not for sewerage. I'm not after a detailed map of the drains as can be ordered from the water companies, but some data on what proportion of homes in an area can access these mains services or not would be great.

AdrianC

I suspect that the water companies could provide you a generalised map of where mains drainage is available and where it isn't, if you ask them nicely and stress the educational aspect.

daivid

Thank you, I think that may be the only way to find out properly. On the plus side if I get the children to contact the water companies the task will then cover another skill.

diggingdude

They might send your class some water saving devices also

princeofpounds

It may differ from water company to water company, but I asked for this very information a few years ago from my local one, because I was trying to understand if I could link up to mains drainage.


Turns out they only had maps of the major sewage pipes, and not everything else. And even those maps were apparently highly unreliable.


I'd be interested if anyone has any more luck than I did!