Jeremy Hunt slams Thames Water after water provide failure
- Last month, as much as 40,000 households within the county had no water provide
Jeremy Hunt demanded motion from Thames Water yesterday after tons of of houses in his Surrey constituency have been left with out water.
The Chancellor informed the troubled agency’s outgoing bosses that he was ‘beside [himself] with frustration’ after residents of villages close to Guildford suffered outages.
Last month, as much as 40,000 households within the county had no water provide or low strain after Storm Ciaran broken a water remedy works.
In a video on Facebook, Mr Hunt raged: ‘Here we go once more, it has been a nightmare Boxing Day for some households in Bramley, Chilworth, Wonersh and Shalford after they woke as much as discover both no provide or low provide of their homes.
‘I’ve been on the cellphone to the chief executives of Thames Water this morning. They have now recognized the issue, and 200 houses are presently with out water whereas they repair the issue, however in all places else ought to have low water strain. Let’s hope they’ll resolve the scenario as shortly as attainable.’
Jeremy Hunt demanded motion from Thames Water yesterday after tons of of houses in his Surrey constituency have been left with out water
Local residents gather bottles of water in Godalming, Surrey
On X, previously Twitter, he referred to as for Thames Water to put in a water pumping station and hand out bottled water to affected residents, including: ‘I do know a lot of you might be internet hosting family and friends and this water outage is vastly inconvenient.’
Thames Water, the UK’s largest water provider, is in monetary disaster after admitting it doesn’t have the money to repay money owed of £1.4bn.
New chief exec Chris Weston will attempt to restore shareholder confidence when he takes over on January 8. Acting co-chief executives Cathryn Ross and Alastair Cochran will step down.
Mr Cochran stated in a press release yesterday: ‘I’m actually sorry should you’re experiencing low strain or no water – I understand how disruptive and inconvenient this may be, particularly on Boxing Day.’
The firm later blamed the outages on a burst predominant, saying in a press release: ‘Engineers are on website and have stopped the move of water which can scale back the variety of properties affected.
We will probably be finishing up a restore as shortly as attainable and within the meantime we will probably be utilizing tankers to assist preserve clients in provide.’ Local councillor Catherine Houston was amongst these affected by the outage.
She stated: ‘We’ve bought guests arriving, sheets within the washer ready to be washed, however we have no water in any respect. It’s a number of hours later and we have heard little or no from Thames Water. It’s not adequate.’
Almost 12,000 individuals stay with out operating water in areas together with Guildford
