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Droughts so bad parts prepare for plans of rotating water cutoffs
About 60 organizations are preparing for possible rotating cutoffs as officials push water conservation and bottled-water support for vulnerable residents.
- On Tuesday, Nov. 10, Devon County Council chief executive Donna Manson announced that about 60 organizations are preparing for a potential "Stage 4 severe drought," which could temporarily put water supplies on a rotating basis for households and businesses.
- South West Water has been warned for seven successive years by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Environment Agency, and regulator Ofwat about missing leakage reduction forecasts and putting supplies at risk.
- Richard Keeling, cabinet member for adult services, expressed "very real concerns about what planning for cut-offs would actually mean" for the 33,000 vulnerable people in care homes requiring emergency water deliveries.
- Deputy council leader Paul Arnott urged South West Water to improve leakage performance, arguing that planning finances in "five year chunks" is ineffective when facing immediate sewage and water infrastructure doubts.
- Environment Secretary Angela Eagle proposed regional committees to shape future investment decisions, though Arnott remained skeptical, noting these panels are "maybe a year away" and fearing community influence could be "fudged somehow.
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Droughts so bad parts prepare for plans of rotating water cutoffs
Severe drought could see water supplies to households and businesses temporarily put on a rotating basis.
·Chariton, United States
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