As you will be aware, flooding has affected much of the country again.
I am putting thi item up on my blog because I have found out that Sutton and East Surrey Water has issued a “boil notice” to households and businesses within its Sutton supply area and advises that you boil water for consumption or the preparation of food. Around 50,000 properties and approximately 125,000 people are affected. Sutton and East Surrey Water list the affected postcodes on their website and whilst the list does not include some areas of the borough such as SM6 (Wallington), the text of the press release does.
http://www.waterplc.com/WaterPlc/news/info-main.asp
Information on the Sutton and East Surrey Water’s website explains that “Anyone drawing water for consumption or the preparation of food in the affected area supplied by Sutton and East Surrey Water bounded by Morden, Worcester Park, Carshalton, Wallington, Ewell, Stoneleigh, Sutton and Cheam should boil the water before use.”
And explains that “This follows an incident at the company's Cheam treatment works on Friday when the exceptional level of torrential rain that fell caused flooding at the works and a small quantity of rain water entered a tank used to treat water. Unfortunately this water went into supply before it was detected, when the works was immediately shut down.”
I am sorry to have to bring this news to you by email this morning, but it is the quickest way for me to communicate widely. I was fortunate that I found out about the boil notice from a friend. I will now look into how Sutton and East Surrey have communicated this message to local residents.
Colin
I am putting thi item up on my blog because I have found out that Sutton and East Surrey Water has issued a “boil notice” to households and businesses within its Sutton supply area and advises that you boil water for consumption or the preparation of food. Around 50,000 properties and approximately 125,000 people are affected. Sutton and East Surrey Water list the affected postcodes on their website and whilst the list does not include some areas of the borough such as SM6 (Wallington), the text of the press release does.
http://www.waterplc.com/WaterPlc/news/info-main.asp
Information on the Sutton and East Surrey Water’s website explains that “Anyone drawing water for consumption or the preparation of food in the affected area supplied by Sutton and East Surrey Water bounded by Morden, Worcester Park, Carshalton, Wallington, Ewell, Stoneleigh, Sutton and Cheam should boil the water before use.”
And explains that “This follows an incident at the company's Cheam treatment works on Friday when the exceptional level of torrential rain that fell caused flooding at the works and a small quantity of rain water entered a tank used to treat water. Unfortunately this water went into supply before it was detected, when the works was immediately shut down.”
I am sorry to have to bring this news to you by email this morning, but it is the quickest way for me to communicate widely. I was fortunate that I found out about the boil notice from a friend. I will now look into how Sutton and East Surrey have communicated this message to local residents.
Colin
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