Water Supply - The future...

During our meeting with Phillip Smith on Sunday he told us that as a community we should consider putting in place alternative solutions to the water supply, which at the moment is free of charge from Smith's Farms, presumably something to do with the Deed Covenants on the Lee-Over-Sands properties when originally sold from the landowner seems to imply that water would always be provided.


Phillip's concern is that if there are any problems with the supply pipe in the future - being originally laid in the 1930s it uses imperial fittings, so it will be hard to fix if sections need replacing as everything is now metric.


He also told me that the Smiths advise residents not to use the water for drinking. This surprised me, as I had no idea apart from some nagging doubts in my mind obviously wondering how clean the water is - but it wasn't something that was flagged during the conveyancing of my house purchase in Wall Street!


I've been drinking the water for a year now!


I've studied the water closely many times, it looked fine, and Phillip even admitted that they drink it too, so its probably ok!


So this is another potential issue for Lee-Over-Sands to consider for the future, and will be on the agenda when we eventually have residents committee meetings.


UPDATE: 25th of June 2010 15:00
I've just been looking into alternative supply options for the community - we have two options - Viola Water East and Anglian Water.


Viola (Tel: 0845 148 9288) were already aware when I called them that Smith's Farms supplied water to our community, which probably means they are the supplier for the farm.
Both companies said the same - Anglian's response was identical - I spoke to Eileen at the Developer Services in Lincoln (Tel: 08456 066 087)


The situation is this, either we raise an group application for a connection to the public water supply or seperate ones. The downside with the mass application method is someone (an individual would need to be billed singularly for the supply connection - e.g. residents committee via a nominated person).

Given that its pretty difficult getting everyone involved en-masse especially the money side of things, individual applications would seem to be the way to go with this.


Viola Water East will be sending out 15 forms to me - and you can download and print a form from here on the Anglian Water website. New_or_replacement_water_connection_application_form

I'd advise we find out which company will be cheaper in terms of provisioning quotes - which of course is the next step after we gather all the forms from all residents.


We have other options of course - all of which we should discuss as soon as we can get everyone together to discuss our options. Theresa and I are currently trying to find a mutually agreeable time for all residents on both Wall Street and Beach Road so we can all meet with the landowners where they will outline their intentions to us as a group.