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Mid Kent Water Keeps Hosepipe Ban
Due to underground water supplies still being too low, Mid Kent Water have announced their Hosepipe and Sprinkler ban will stay in place. The water company - which provides services to 580,000 customers in Kent - is the only one to retain a ban.
The region relies on underground reserves or aquifers for 90% of its water supplies and they say that levels remain critically low, despite above average rainfall this winter. A spokesperson said that they would only consider lifting the ban once they were confident there was enough water for the rest of the year.
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February 12th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
I am sick and tired of paying for a water service that Mid Kent Water refuse to supply.
I do not believe that underground supplies are still at critically low levels. How can we challenge this?
February 12th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Hi John - thanks for your comment.
You’re not the only one with these views and not just about Mid Kent Water. It’s an interesting point about having some proof from them that underground supplies are still low. Presumably Ofwat looks at such things?
I still think there’s a case for not paying water bills in the way that a few pensioners have defied councils over council tax. Where they’ve always gone wrong in my opinion is that there aren’t sufficient numbers involved. If say a few hundred people got together and said they weren’t paying their water bills then something ‘might’ get done.
Feel free to gather the numbers right here!