The GMB trades union is urging the government to ‘take back control’ of the nation’s water supplies after revealing that Southern Water is 74% owned by ‘foreign companies’.
Southern Water 74% ‘owned by foreign companies’
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Fair Oak faces 30 weeks of traffic disruption
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Unlucky residents in Fair Oak face eight months of motoring misery commencing March 13. Southern Water will be building a 1km sewer to connect the new housing development at Crowd Hill to the sewage network The sewer will start in Sandy Lane – which has already been marked out for the diggers – at approximately…
Water main bursts at Fair Oak
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Southern Water say they will have restored water to all premises in the Fair Oak area by this afternoon as they work to repair 16 inch water main which burst this morning forcing the closure of Winchester Rd between Crowdhill and Fisher’s Pond. In a statement published on their website Southern Water say water has…
Faulty sewage tank causes footpath flooding
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A riverside footpath popular with ramblers was flooded over the Bank Holiday Weekend after a crack in a storage tank resulted in the escape of thousands of gallons of treated waste water from the Chickenhall Lane Water Treatment Plant. On Sunday a local man out walking his dog along the Itchen Navigation spotted water spurting…
Colden Common congestion set to ease
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Rush hour commuters will welcome the news that ‘barring unforeseen circumstances’ there will be a partial lifting of the road closure at Colden Common, which has recently been bringing misery to Eastleigh’s motorists. Work on the southern section of the site from the roundabout on Main Road with Church Lane, is nearing completion well ahead…
Water leak leaves homes dry
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Emergency repairs to a burst water main has left parts of Hedge End with reduced water supplies today. The first that many residents knew of the problem was dwindling water pressure. Southern Water’s technical helpline carried a recorded message saying that customers in Hedge End, in the SO30 postcode area, were affected by emergency leak…
