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ITV two part documentary: Sewer Men

“Sometimes it does turn your stomach a little bit. It’s the fat that’s the worst, rather than the pony. Pony - yeah, another word for the poo. It’s just a nice word in front of the customers.” - Mark Davies, Sewer Jetter

You need a strong stomach and a good sense of humour to tackle our region's sewers...

Cleaning up billions of litres of raw sewage every day means we have a dirty stinking job on our hands, but our sewer men superstarts take it all in their stride.

Sewer Men is an ITV two-part documentary series that follows our waste water workers as they unblock toilets and drains and go waist-deep in to blocked sewers clogged with wet wipes and fatbergs.

Filmed over three months last summer, during Britain’s biggest heatwave for years – the two part documentary gives an insight of life in the murky sewers, as well as a look into the emergency provision of water during in high demand.

WATCH ON THE ITV HUB

Our Sewer Men superstars

Liam and Chad

Chad and Liam are our sewer clearing, leak finding, burst fixing hero’s. As DSTs (distribution service technicians) they are on the road answering to emergency call outs - 24 hours a day 7 days a week to help our customers. Whilst out and about they keep each other occupied with a bit of cheeky banter and singing.

John and Phil

With their easy going natures and shared love for ‘the Villa’ (and a good pint!) John and Phil are our sewerage cleaning twosome - based at our waste treatment works in Minworth - they check everything is running OK 365 days a year. As long serving Severn Trent employees they are absolute legends and nothing phases them - they've been there and seen it all over the years - and definitely have a few tales to tell!

Mark and Jake

Mark and Jake are our awesome sewer blocking duo, working for our partners Amey and Lanes - they unblock manholes and drains caused by things like wet wipes and fatbergs blocking the sewers. They love to keep our customers happy and let them know what they need to do to stop blockages happening in the future.

Mark and Jack

No day is the same for our cheeky pair and absolute superstars Mark and Jack from our partner Amey. Some of their jobs are truly gruesome and they say they see some pretty weird things coming out of sewers and drains when they’re clearing blockages. With a tough job ahead of them most days, they love to have a laugh by winding each other up.

Sam

Our superstar Network Control leader Sam and her ‘Task Force’ make sure the Severn Trent network is running smoothly all day, everyday. Ensuring our customers are always on supply, they swoop in to combat problems, such as extra demand on the network or incidents such as burst pipes.

Noel

With over 40 years in the industry - long-timer and absolute legend - Noel loves his job as a team manager. He's responsible for our water resources in Wales and ensuring the delivery of top quality water to our Welsh customers. In his spare time he's loves a bit of gardening and walking the wild hills in mid-Wales. He's already a TV star - having appeared on our screens many times before - on shows such as Country File, Great Railway Journeys and Hidden Britain.

Thomas

Bursting with energy and personality, our sunglasses loving site supervisor Thomas is responsible for running and caring for - one of our largest visitor sites - Draycote Water. He loves being surrounded by nature, says hedge laying is his guilty pleasure and his claim to fame is that he helped toss the world largest Cumberland sausage back in 2012 - on TV!

CHECK OUT OUR '90 SECONDS WITH' SEWER MEN CHARACTER Q&A'S