Southern water issues for Hampshire and Isle of White

Southern water is the latest company that announces a hospipe ban – which affects almost a million customers – due to long dry weather.

This step will be applicable on Monday to the residents of all of Hampshire and Isle of White from 09:00 BST.

This will ban the use of a hosspipe for activities such as watering the garden, washing the car or filling the paddling pool.

Managing Director Tim McMahon apologized to the customers and said: “By working together only we can make sure that there is enough water to go around for the customers and the environment.”

Announcing temporary water restrictions, it called upon customers to work immediately and avoid “spike” in demand, making the situation worse.

The ban will apply to 144,000 customers in 75,000 properties at the 336,000 properties in 336,000 properties in 336,000 properties.

The company stated that the river test and the Itchen chalk stream supply most of the water, but are “severely low levels” – 24% below the normal flow for this time of the year.

The environment agency also declared that Salant and South Downs were experiencing “long dry weather”.

Water company A fine of £ 90m was imposed in 2021 After raw sewage, he was discharged at Hampshire, West Sussex and Kent.

Gary Carter of GMB Trade Union said: “Southern water loses more than 100 million liters of water through leaks every day.

“GMB members in Southern shut their socks, but they collapse infrastructure and non-existent investment.

“For the southern, now to impose a hospipe, while the bill rocket is shameless.”

The southern water figure for daily leakage is slightly lower at 91 million liters.

Said this Fixed record number last year But to hit the target set by Ofwat for 2030, your rate will have to be almost doubled.

Several other water companies have already introduced hospipe ban, including Tems Water, Yorkshire Water and South East Water.

People using a hospy during the ban can be fined up to £ 1,000.

Mr. McMahon said: “We have to respond to the widespread and long dry weather that affects our region.

“In our case, it means that a hospy ban for our customers in Humpsire and Isle of White, to protect the health of our amazing chalk streams, which has been compared to the Amazon Varshana as one of the most rare houses on Earth.

“We should now work to support the wildlife living there including the Atlantic Salman and Southern Dammfulli.”

He said: “Our teams are working 24/7 to find and fix the leaks much faster than before, using a wide range of innovative solutions such as drones, sensors and even snifler dogs, and are sure that our pipes, reservoirs and water supply work are working as much as possible – but sadly it is not enough.”

Water Minister Emma Hardy said: “We face lack of water in the next decade, which is why we are moving forward with immediate water reforms.

“Our plan for change includes a private investment of £ 104 billion to make nine reservoirs and new pipes to cut leaks.”