South East Water will be holding a public drop-in session on Friday 20 November from 1.30pm to 6pm at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells.
A public meeting will be held by South East Water at Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells on Friday afternoon 20 November from 1.30 to 6pm.
Residents are strongly urged to attend by local campaign group Dry Wells Action, who recently had a meeting with the new chief executive of the water company about the resilience of its supply networks.
South East Water told Dry Wells Action that it can now supplement supplies from the Pembury treatment plant from the nearby Bewl reservoir.
The additional capacity is about 3 million litres a day, sufficient to support some 5000 customers.
An independent investigation by Atkins into supply resilience at Pembury is currently being finalised.
South East Water concedes that the site still requires substantial works. Furthermore, it admits that during periods of high demand Tunbridge Wells has extremely tight supply margins, with modelling indicating a deficit.
It was also reported this week by Southern Water, another local company, that capacity at Bewl reservoir has fallen below 40% of full capacity after a sustained drought. Heavy winter rainfall will be urgently required for replenishment.
For further information on Dry Wells Action -
https://www.drywellsaction.com/
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