Stand pipes loom closer

Water supplies and the environment in West Sussex are still at serious risk because of the drought and not enough action is being taken by some water companies, people and businesses to save water, the Environment Agency said on Tuesday.

By The Newsroom

Published 16th May 2006, 14:14 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:23 BST

And with a drought order being imposed in neighbouring Surrey on Monday, the prospects of standpipes in West Sussex loomed closer.

The last drought order in the county, with water supplies turned off to many homes and standpipes installed for each street, was in 1976.

Releasing the Drought Prospects Report - Spring Update, the Environment Agency again warned that with a hot dry summer, and possibly the most serious drought in the past 100 years, there is a real risk of standpipes being introduced in parts of south east England later this year.