South West Water given six weeks to fix leaks as drought deepens

UK regulators warned the privatized utility serving 1.8 million that seven years of missing leak-reduction targets risks customer supply failures amid severe drought in the southwest.

First covered Nov 5, 2026 · 2:00 AM PT · 1 article

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6d Guardian Environment South West Water’s failure to fix leaks ‘putting customer supplies at risk’ — With parts of region served by company in severe drought still, regulators give it six weeks to come up with action plan Repeated failures by South West Water…

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Appeared in: 2026-11-06 (#16)

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