No water

Next village??????? Crikey Luckygirl, I hope you can manage to collect some.
Seriously, I hope you aren't without water for much longer.

luckygirl
You can also do the washing up with them.

We had a similar situation here three weeks ago.
Again problems at a pumping station.
Ours was only off for about 18 hours but within a short time we had several stations set up to collect bottled water
We received £30 compensation, £60 for some households who were without for over 24 hours.
Yesterday I received a letter from United Utilities saying due to my age I have been placed on a priority register so if this happens again I will have water delivered instead of having to collect it.
I am very impressed.

So sorry for your problem.

I am on priority list too, but the texts I have received give no clue as to when it might be restored, and the info about tankers etc. is word of facebook local group. Luckily this is a close knit community and everyone is helping each other. The area without water is huge, incorporating several villages. I have offers of baths from family and friends.

Same here in East Kent. No ideas when the problem will be fixed. Bottled water has been handed out, but I'm glad to say that I'm on a train to London later where I will enjoy the ( ahem ) " facilities ".

My daughter has been without water for a couple of days too.

Her whole town is cut off, and she was sent home from work yesterday for H&S reasons, which I assume means that the loos won't flush. Is this yet another slide into the third world lifestyle that this government seems to think is acceptable?

I always keep several 2 litre bottles of water stashed away (the very cheapest supermarket ones), so at least there is enough to drink and cook with. They are in a large suitcase under a spare bed. My daughter has always laughed at me for this, but if it goes on much longer she might wish she had taken heed. Unfortunately she lives on the other side of the country, so I can't get any to her.

If you haven't done so, it's worth putting a few bottles on your next supermarket shop - I've just checked and it is 35p for 2 litres in Sainsbury's, or you can get a 5l bottle for £1.50.

Two winters ago in the middle of Covid a pipe burst in the fells and we were without water without warning for about six days. It was a case of boiling kettles and having the old stand-up wash as my mum called it.
United utilities did eventually provide water at a small town six miles away. We were not informed for two days but a chap a policeman who lives in the village found and went with his wife and brought water for everyone and told what had happened.
As we are over 70 we are now on the at-risk list and get warnings if they can when the water will go off but sometimes as a few weeks ago proved on a Sunday,they can't warn and we all had dirty water.
We now all keep a stock of spare big bottles in our garages.

Were ok but next small town to us has low water pressure seemingly.

This won’t make you feel any better but when I was in the Far East in HK with a fairly new baby, China and U.K. had a spat so China turned the water pipes off to HK We were allowed 4 hours of water every fourth day We literally had to fill up everything, bath, buckets, saucepans whatever you could get your hands on
I also remember in the 70 s in uK when we had to have tanks to fill up from (was that strikes?)
Sorry none of that makes your situation any different but it just brought it all back to my mind
Hope the problem gets sorted very soon luckygirl

That sounds challenging!

I am managing here - but the idea of stashing away bottled water is one I will follow up on with my next online shop.

Here in West Kent, SE Water has left huge swathes without a reliable water supply since late summer due to ‘problems at the pumping stations’ serving the area. Now it’s burst mains apparently. The root cause of all of this is massive underinvestment in all areas of local supply apart from lining the bosses pockets and keeping shareholders happy. Supply returns for a few hours every now and then, but only for long enough to mean no compensation needs to be paid. I’ve been fortunate, it’s back on for me now, but some parts of town are into their 5th day with no water. One pick up point for bottled water at a supermarket on the edge of town.
The Sun ran an article, though we were labelled Kent’s poshest town! That will need another thread!

When the water failed here a few months ago, Welsh Water brought round bottled water to residents on a nearby estate but somehow missed our road which is not far away.

As long as you have enough to drink and cook with Luckygirl.
Could a neighbour fetch you some bottled water? 36 hours is a long time.

I also remember in the 70 s in uK when we had to have tanks to fill up from (was that strikes?)

1976 drought, Bluebelle? Standpipes in the street.

I had two lots of nappies to wash, there were no disposables then.

Thankfully I stocked up on the Sainsburys own quite recently. I note someone quoting 35p whereas I paid 17. Good old inflation!

3rd day of no water.

Welsh Water have failed to deliver any bottles - although a few people have had some. I am on vulnerable list but they have missed me out. A friend has received some and she still has water so she is going to bring me hers.
This is a farming area and there are calves to feed and cattle at risk of dehydrating.
I cannot wash up or do any washing. And my toilet needs to be flushed!!!
I have sufficient for drinking although some of it is in the form of cartons of milk and cans of appletiser - I will not dehydrate.
If it goes on I may have to decamp to one of my DDs.
There is a huge swathe of country without water from north Wales to us down here over the border. Rumour has it that it is a reservoir pump that has failed - but I would have thought that would be relatively easy to fix, compared with trying to find a massive pipe leak somewhere,

This sounds appalling. Time to contact your local councillors/MP? (Even if they think they're on "Christmas leave", they might have the the sense to think about future elections.) Is this worth a try: nothing to lose by this? I hope it's all sorted out very soon. Good luck.

DD who lives in Carmarthenshire has also lost her water. ( need I rephrase that)

It is all really really horrible.
Thank goodness we are not also being bombed!

Not belittling anyone's annoyance, inconvenience and all the extra work involved. Just thinking what it would be like.
Still lucky really, in the wider scheme.

I really hope life is back to normal for you all soon.

MP has been in touch with MD of WW, but no concrete improvement on the ground.

NotSpaghetti - we have all been thinking how awful it must be to be in a bombed out town in Ukraine with no water or electricity - what a world we live in.

Luckygirl have you got a water butt? That could solve the loo problem if someone could fill a bucket and take it upstairs for you. Good luck.

I am definitely planning to have a water butt! I had a bucket outside that has filled with rainwater and a neighbour has kindly chucked that down my loo - slightly embarrassing!

One of the difficulties is that water is so heavy that even when people bring me some I cannot lift it, as have had a disc removed from my back.

Sorry to hear about your water shortage problems. Hasn't happened here in my part of Derbyshire yet. (Amber Valley)
I'm going to stock up on the cheapest supermarket water though, just in case. Hope your problems are sorted soon.

I now have 12 x 2 litre bottles of water and another 5 bottles to come - so things easing thanks to kindness of friends and a bit from WW.

I feel loathe to use good drinking water for washing up and washing hands etc. but do not really have a choice.