Watercourses and grid mainenance
Walsall has 46.7km of watercourses, 7.6km of culverted watercourses, 6.7km of tunnels, 46 large bodies of water and 25 grids.
As part of our duties under the land Drainage Act 1991 we maintain 39km of watercourses and 25 grids.
Watercourses
- Fordbrook (north section only)
- Fullbrook
- Waddens Brook
- Vigo Brook
- Anchor Brook
- Rough Brook
- Sneyd Brook
- Brownhills Common Brook
- Clayhanger Brook
- Black Brook
- Lindrosa Brook
- Arboretum Brook
- Ladypool Brook
- Chapel Lane Brook
- Sutton Road Brook
Total Length 46.7km
Culverted watercourses
- Lodge Farm Culvert
- Pool Hayes Culvert
- Sneyd Brook Culvert
- Old River Tame Culvert
- Park Hall Culvert
- Delves Culvert
Total Length 7.8km
Tunnels
- Bentley Canal Tunnel
- Fordbrook Tunnel
- River Tame Tunnel
Total Length 6.7km
Large bodies of water (pools/ponds) 46. Grids 25
List of Grids (Walsall Council)
| Location | Watercourses |
| 1. Barns Lane | Anchor Brook |
| 2. Bloxwich Lane/Jenner Close | Sneyd Brook |
| 3. Cartbridge Lane South | Ladypool Brook |
| 4. Coppice Lane | Brownhills Brook |
| 5. Delves Green Road | Fullbrook |
| 6. Fishley Lane (near Poplar Farm) | Rough Brook |
| 7. Hatherton Road | Old Ford Brook |
| 8. Lake Avenue Pool | Fullbrook |
| 9. Lazy Hill Road | Lazy Brook |
| 10. Lichfield Road (Parkway) | Anchor Brook |
| 11. Lichfield Road (Near Railway Bridge) | Ladypool Brook |
| 12. Lindrosa Road track (near to Railway Line) | Lindrosa Brook |
| 13. Longwood lane (Near to Sutton Road) | Arboretum Brook |
| 14. Middlemore Lane | Anchor Brook |
| 15. Noose Crescent (by school) | Waddens Brook |
| 16. Northgate (opposite BHD) | Anchor Brook |
| 17. Northgate (by Fire Station) | Vigo Brook |
| 18. Pelsall Road (by Becks Bridge) | Brownhills Brook |
| 19. Sneyd Lane (Access Drive to Boatyard) | Sneyd Brook |
| 20. Spring Lane Pool | Hayes Brook |
| 21. Vicarage Road (by Railway Bridge) | Ford Brook |
| 22. Wharf Approach | Anchor Brook |
| 23. Wolverhampton Road (Near to Livingstone Road) | Rough Brook |
| 24. Wolverhampton Road (Near to Warwick Ave) | - |
| 25. Wood Lane (By Caravan Park) | Sneyd Brook |
Grid maintenance
Maintenance is on a cyclic basis and is generally carried out on the first Friday of the month. The operation involves the inspection of the grid and cleansing (if required). The debris removed from the grid is taken to a tip. Should it be too wet, the debris is removed from the grid and placed on the adjacent bank to dry off and is removed to a tip at a later date.
In periods of heavy rain the grids are inspected and cleaned as when necessary. This reactive maintenance reduces the possibility of flooding.
We inspect and clean out all watercourses on an annual basis. Dredgings from the cleansing are placed on the bank of the watercourses to dry out. Occasionally should the dredgings be contaminated through a third party they are requested to remove them from the bank.
We work closely with our colleagues in Countryside Services where the watercourse is located in an area of conservation and special consideration is required.
We also carry out reactive maintenance when a problem arises. We try and respond in 24 hours when a complaint is received.