Water supplies to homes throughout the Midlands could be severely restricted in 25 years unless urgent action is taken, officials warned today.
Severn Trent said water metering could become standard for all houses as it warned it would not have enough supplies to meet everyone’s needs by 2033.
A report released today reveals its plans to ensure water supplies are maintained in the region, which covers the West Midlands and parts of Staffordshire.
Water services director Andy Smith said: “The pattern of more households using more water and the predicted effect of climate change means we probably won’t have enough water available to meet everyone’s needs in 25 years’ time.
“We need to act now to secure supplies and manage demand so that customers don’t face restrictions.”
The company plans to reduce demand through metering and an education programme to encourage people to use water wisely.
The steps are likely to mean sharply rising bills in future for using water.
Severn Trent faces fines of more than £100 million for misleading the industry watchdog about the extent of water leakage and for overcharging customers. It says plugging leaks remains one of its top priorities.
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i can see a water rise coming last year because it didnt stop raining we didnt get the normally january drought prediction for the rest of the year so lets come up with another idea to hike the prices up as we cant let the shareholders take a drop
If I took as long to fix a leak in my aircraft maintenance job I would have lost the contract years ago. Fix your leaks Severn Trent before you start criticizing your customers water consumption.
This is so funny; we live in a damp climate on a relatively small island surrounded by water and we’re told we may run out? Hilarious…
“Urgent action is required the official said” YES to plug the leaks!
Not that they need one, but any excuse will do to get more money off folk.
Another privatised company fleecing the customer, who will if they don’t already, go cap in hand to this Government for some more tax payers money to help out with plugging the leaks… so we pay twice…LoL.
RIP-OFF Britain.
try dropping the bills not trying to stop us using water,if thats the case put everyone on meters and then you only pay for the water you use,we all know they won’t do that greedy so and so’s.
We will have a water shortage in another couple of days if it dont rain again lol.
Manage your end first Severn Trent. Your leaks are so big they would cover this shortfall if plugged…. but then again your shareholders wouldn’t like the bill so we have to pay. Water should never have been privatised.
Severn Trent are a bunch of scare mongers..
What they really mean is we had a rollocking for our bad performance and we dont know what to do to stop our leaks.
There will be plenty of water…it rains here more than in New Zealand and they have no problem.
well thats because we dont even own our water anymore. All thanks to maggie thatcher.
People will just have to stop watering there perfect lawns wont they .And turning taps off while they clean there teeth its not hard is it
Water meters end up working out a lot more expensive in the long run.A friend of mine has one fitted and it costs her a fortune, as she has 3 kids and a partner so they use quiet a bit of the stuff.
Just a way of getting more mmoney out of us.
would all the new houses going up have any effect on water usage. i think so but not the goverment and local councils they just in it for the tax they get. Water usage has most likely gone up by 20-30% in the last five years with all the new builds put up i know my water presure has dropped and as a result i am on the limit where my combi just about fires up, and still theres 20 more flats going in just round the corner. The welsh mountins can only supply so much water to properties considering they were built almost 100 years ago, maybe if they increased the resevoir so it may hold more water rather then the shareholders taken a large dividend we would not have this problem as there is enough rain fall in uk.