Tunbridge Wells wants answers from South East Water and Regulators

Key organisations urged to attend water crisis public meeting on Wednesday.

The Tunbridge Wells based community group formed to campaign for a resilient water supply, Dry Wells Action, has urged South East Water and regulators to attend a public meeting in the town.

The group has arranged a public meeting for 7.30pm on Wednesday evening to discuss why the community has experienced repeated, lengthy water outages; why regulators and government have not taken enforcement action against the company, and what the community should do to ensure it never again is left unable to wash or flush toilets.

Invitations were sent last week to the Water Minister, Emma Hardy MP; the three regulators – Ofwat, the Drinking Water Inspectorate, and the Consumer Council for Water, as well as elected bodies and members.

Dry Wells Action founder, Jonathan Hawker, said: “After all that it has been through because of the failures in our water supply, this community deserves to hear from the company itself and from those whose duty it is to hold South East Water to account. Not attending and speaking to people impacted would in itself send a message of abject contempt for a community these organisations are meant to serve, so we really hope they take time to attend and participate in a constructive discussion about what went wrong, what we can learn from this and how we can work together to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”

Dry Wells Action is grateful to the owners of the Old Auction House in Tunbridge Wells who have made the venue available for free. Access is free but ticket numbers are limited. Two ways to book:

1. Via our booking form

2. Via the QR code below.

Notes to Editors

Media are welcome to attend. Please contact Jonathan Hawker on 07979907000 or via hawkerj@me.com / info@drywellsaction.com