Thames Water
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Ceo | Steve Robertson |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Reading |
| United Kingdom | |
| Parent organizations | Kemble Water Limited |
| Number of employees | 9,000 |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Subsidiaries | Engenica |
| Thames Water Utilities Finance Plc | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 907831 |
About Thames Water
Thames Water Utilities Ltd, known as Thames Water, is the monopoly private utility company responsible for the public water supply and waste water treatment in large parts of Greater London, Luton, the Thames Valley, Surrey, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Kent, and some other areas of the United Kingdom.
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Godalming residents without water due to issue at treatment works
At a glance
Rosie BluntBBC News5 November 2023, 10:51 GMTUpdated 4 hours agoThousands of people have had their water supply cut off due to technical issues at a treatment works.
Thames Water apologised to those in Godalming, Surrey, who were affected and said it was investigating what had happened.
Long queues built up for a Bottled Water station Set Up in Godalming Crown Court Car Park after people lost supply on Saturday Afternoon .
MP Jeremy Hunt posted on, formerly Twitter, that he was very concerned about the supply issues and speaking with The Ceo of Thames Water .
Residents in the nearby villages Milford, Witley and Bramley also reported outages.
Supermarkets said people were panic buying Bottled Water and Waitrose in Godalming said it was sold out.
As traffic in The Town built up, Waverley Borough Council leader Paul Follows urged people who did not need to go out and get Bottled Water to avoid doing so.
" Try and carpool So There is not excessive traffic, " he advised.
Thames Water said it was doing everything possible to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.
BBC reporter Julia Abbott said her husband queued for water for about an hour and was only given enough for one household, despite requesting water for elderly neighbours.
Ian Boardman, who was queuing for water, said he had not been given any information about when his supply would be back and would rather not be " saddled" with plastic bottles if it was going to return shortly.
He Said : " I don't really want a load of plastic going into my recycling bin. "
Susan Carlin, also in the queue, said she noticed her water stopped about 16:45 GMT on Saturday evening.
" I noticed I couldn't flush the loo then My Daughter said there wasn't anything Coming Out of The Kitchen taps, " She Said .
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Source of news: bbc.com
