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Coronavirus: 'Save water' to meet lockdown demand
Jun 2, 2020
People have been urged to save water as utility companies attempt to meet "sky-high" demand across England.
Supply issues have affected people in the Midlands, the South East and South West, with some saying they haven't had water since Saturday.
Some customers say companies have not been keeping them informed while others claim work to try to improve the situation has been ineffective.
Suppliers say people should think about how much water they are using and why.
About 2,000 homes across the Midlands have been affected by supply issues in the past week .
Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire has been one of those hit, with Severn Trent setting up bottled water stations for customers:
Skip Twitter post by @StroudDC @stwater is setting up a bottled water station at Kingswood Village Hall, Wickwar Rd, Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8RF due to a water supply problem. Live updates: https://t.co/Y62F9G55pP — Stroud DC (@StroudDC) June 1, 2020 Report End of Twitter post by @StroudDC
Phil Auger, 61, of Dursley in Gloucestershire, said he and his neighbours have been unable to wash their hands or flush toilets.
"One of our neighbours had to use water from the watering can she filled the previous day to make a hot drink," he said.
In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, bottled water has been given out at supermarkets.
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