Villagers Call for Action After 17 Days Without Water

Anglian Water officials have faced questions over repeated water supply problems affecting villages near Market Harborough.

Around 40 residents attended a public meeting in East Farndon on Thursday evening, after the village experienced a total of 17 days without water this year, including disruption over Bank Holiday weekends.

The outages caused by various issues have also affected nearby villages including Clipston, Kelmarsh and Great Oxendon.

Around 40 residents attended a public meeting in East Farndon

The meeting was also attended by Daventry MP Stewart Andrew, who has previously met with Anglian Water to press the company to take action over the repeated outages.

Anglian Water’s Director of Water Services, Ian Rule, was among the company representatives attending the meeting.

Bernie Fallon, from East Farndon Parish Council, spoke to HFM after the meeting:

Anglian Water says it is working to make its network more reliable and has apologised for the disruption.

A spokesperson said: “We know we’ve let the people in East Farndon down this year, so we were grateful to be able to update them on our progress last night.

“We’ve already put some initial measures in place to prevent further interruptions to supply, and we’ve replaced 3.4km of water pipes between Naseby to Sibbertoft, which is already helping us resolve issues more quickly.

“But we know we have a lot more work to do to make things right, and in the longer term we’ll be replacing more pipes in the local network and making upgrades to the Rothwell pumping station.”

The spokesperson added: “We know that going without water has been hugely inconvenient and worrying, especially given the number of times it’s happened here, and we’re really sorry that our customers in East Farndon have had so much disruption.

“We’re listening to their concerns and doing everything we can to make their water network more resilient.”