Fears that thousands of homes in the South Wight would be without a water supply this morning have been allayed.
Following intense rainfall on Tuesday night and Wednesday it was thought the water network could be affected today (Thursday). The extensive surface water situation made operations at wastewater pumping stations and water supply works much more difficult than normal.
However, this morning Southern Water say,
“Following the recent heavy rain on the Isle of Wight (97mm), we have been recovering the network. There is no immediate risk to loss of supply to customers.
“Our teams continued to work hard through the night to keep all customers in supply and are in a better position this morning. However, while we fully recover our network back to normal there remains a risk of disruption.
“Our incident teams continue to work on full recovery of the network. We are monitoring the situation and weather pattern so that we can prepare to respond should anything change.”
As a precaution Southern Water have taken these actions to minimise potential impacts on customers:
- We have delivered bottled water to customers on our Priority Services Register in the areas
- We have identified bottled water station locations and infrastructure as a precaution
- We are using tankers in the area to support the recovery
They expect to issue a further update this afternoon (Thursday) before 4pm.
Article edit
11.15am 26th Oct 2023 – Headline changed from 1m to 10cm (Doh!)
