Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, said: “Today’s eye-watering fines and forced customer rebates demonstrate clearly just how broken our water system is. In all, it shows the company was being run with scant regard for its responsibilities to society and the environment. “There are very difficult conditions out there.”. Last year Thames Water, Britain’s biggest water company, received a £120m package of penalties from the regulator, including a £65m payment to customers, for its failure to tackle leaks. All rights reserved.
"Putting the pipeline project aside and just looking at the cost of the pipeline, which is in the billions of dollars, my personal opinion is that if we can think about a pipeline that costs billions of dollars, we could probably consider all sorts of other innovative technologies or solutions," Crowell said late last week. As a result, people have been asked to only use the water "you absolutely must.". That is incredibly disappointing and not the standard we want to have in this business, and I was brought in to make sure that could not happen again.” He dodged a question about whether there should be criminal sanctions, saying: “This was a small number of people.”. Explained problem and was offered a visit on 27th with a 2 hour window. The chief executive, Ian McAulay, who was appointed in January 2017, said in a statement: “We are deeply sorry for what has happened.
That plan, however, may not be sustainable, Crowell said. We apologise to our customers in Sittingbourne who are still without water. However, £91m of the £123m it is now having to pay to customers makes up for this. Drinking Water Quality Information about the quality of the drinking water supplied to your home or business can be accessed via our water quality site. Ms Fletcher said the findings showed "the company was being run with scant regard for its responsibilities to society and the environment". We want to reassure you that our teams have been working round the clock to find and fix bursts on the network and return the supply to normal. Water supply disruption hits 1,500 Sussex residents. We have a leak on our supply pipe , rang southern water and advised by them it was our problem , but a leak detection engineer would come out and try and narrow down location if possible (up to 1 hours work max ) at our property and give some advise . South East Water have just released another update, confirming that there are around 13,000 homes without water ‘across our region’. To all our customers in the #Sittingbourne #Kent area. It added the total would have been bigger if Southern had not co-operated with its investigation and addressed its errors. Ofwat found Southern Water failed to operate a number of sewage treatment works properly, including by making insufficient investment, which led to equipment failures and spills of wastewater. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Vulnerable customers are being looked after by the Customer Care Team and bottled water stations have been set up in the worst affected areas. "Billions of dollars doesn't leave too many ideas off the table," he said. We’re aware that some customers are still without water.
We’re sorry to our customers affected and would like to thank everyone for their patience. Ofwat would not say where the spillages took place. The company’s 4.2 million customers will each receive £61 off their bills – £17 in 2020-21 and £11 in each of the following four years. Join the Surgeons in the operating theatre, Watchdogs 'need to prove they protect consumers' says NAO, When you need steady hands and nerves of steel, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48755329, Southern Water: Supplies 'half of demand' by 2030, Full article When you need steady hands and nerves of steel. Access to safe water and sanitation can quickly turn problems into potential – empowering people with time for school and work, and contributing to improved health for women, children, and families around the world. Despite failures, chronic underinvestment and exorbitant customer bills, many water companies continue to pay out hefty dividends to shareholders.”. "What we found in this case is shocking," said Rachel Fletcher, the head of water regulator Ofwat, while Southern said it was "deeply sorry". We’re pleased to say we’re now restoring water to our networks in Sittingbourne and customers affected should already see their supply back or will see it soon. "The concept or theory of working out an interstate agreement with California or possibly an international agreement with Mexico where desalination has also been looked at, in exchange for a Colorado River allocation will take time and lots of money," he said. Southern operates in the south-east of England, serving customers in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. He is now the UK managing director of the Danish renewable energy firm Ørsted, which is building offshore wind farms in the UK. Crowell noted the Las Vegas Valley gets 90 percent of its water from the Colorado River with the rest coming from existing ground-water. South's water bills hike. 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We are calling on all customers if you spot a leak report it, and if you see a leak please isolate it as soon as possible. Further deliveries are planned for later today. Multiple court challenges have yet to be determined, Crowell said. They do not accept electronic forms of payment. There are concerns that the water shortage, or low water pressure, could have an impact on schools opening in the town today (March 5).
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