# South West Water’s failure to fix leaks ‘putting customer supplies at risk’

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-05T10:00:02+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/05/south-west-water-failure-fix-leaks-putting-customer-supplies-at-risk
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/south-west-water-s-failure-to-fix-leaks-putting-customer-supplies-at-r-92ee42/

With parts of region served by company in severe drought still, regulators give it six weeks to come up with action plan Repeated failures by South West Water to tackle leaks are putting customers at higher risks of losing water supplies as parts of the region remain in severe drought, regulators have said. In a warning to the privatised company that serves 1.8 million people across the south-west

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