Haven’t the poor mortals in Waverley suffered enough from your water shortages?
Here they go again. Out comes the alert. from TW. and there are leaks all over the place in Cranleigh and across the borough and beyond. The taps have been running dry in Bramley for months.
The last time the taps ran dry.
Here’s a message from Paul Hampton – Thames Water’s healthy Rivers Community Manager!
Now there’s a great title. Can he find any healthy rivers?
“The water supply issues is impacting the areas of GU5, GU6 and RH5 areas caused by an issueat the local treatment works.”
Now, there’s a change!
“The fault has been repaired and the area is recovering – well that’s a help – and only 1,300 homes are affected now down from almost 2,000 earlier in the weekend.”
No worries folk, TW is bringing water into the area. It’s using tankers – yet again to pump water into the network and customers can collect supplies at Cranleigh Leisure Centre – well they haven’t been there for a while!
MP Jeremy Hunt has told TW customers of the problem, but he was given short shrift from Waverley Council Executive Cllr Liz Townsend.
“For about 10 years, we have experienced interruptions in the water supply in this area; we have ageing asbestos cement pipes, overwhelmed sewage infrastructure, and deteriorating water quality in our rivers. You were in government for 14 years, AND NOW you’re interested?”
Another dozey moo from Godalming has posted on social media that it’s Waverley;s fault. Well, she would wouldn’t she because she cannot stand Waverley, and is too dumb to realise that most of the housing developments in Cranleigh and the surrounding affected areas were given planning consent by Government Appeal Inspectors while working for their Conservative Government masters. Has Ms Lancaster been swallowing Mr Hunt’s ‘blame Waverley for everything culture?’
Cllr Liz Townsend At least Guildford BC made plans & contributed s106 for a new sewage works upstream (ok wrong location – liable to flooding), but could Waverley Planning not have considered more strategic planning conditions to the (many) unfortunate consequences of housing developments @ Cranleigh?
For those who remember Barbra Castle the UK once had Ministers who understood their brief and the need for infrastructure. If Local Authorities did not constantly breach the requirement for environmental assessment developments would be provided with suitable and sufficient infrastructure. Why do people vote for those who operate way outside their circle of competence?
I refer WW back to an article published in 2017 by Cranleigh Civic Society, “the collapse of the Grampian condition” when those Cranleigh developments were lining up – but could not be prevented “due to the {alleged} woolly wording of Waverley Planners which didn’t mention sewage treatment needing to be in place “
It also mentions that concerns over blue asbestos pipes were rejected by Waverley Borough Council (2019?)
So whilst Thames Water will need to do the additional work, it is a fair point to question whether LA’s (even Waverley – (A PREVIOUS administration) could have tried harder. https://www.cranleighsociety.org/category/water-framework-directive/
Good question.