Villages prone to flooding are poised to gain much-needed infrastructure improvements as a water company prepares to invest £4.4 million. Marden is one of four places expected to benefit from Southern Water’s initiative in an attempt to reduce the risk of flooding as it looks to bolster its wastewater networks. The company is looking to seal up sewer pipes and manhole covers to prevent groundwater overflowing its systems, all while investigating new development and what impact it has had on the current infrastructure. Marden has been susceptible to flooding, suffering recently thanks to the we…