🇬🇧 UK May 26, 2026 · Nick Parker

Moaning water firm bosses demand parents only half-fill paddling pools in hot weather despite reservoirs being full

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Moaning water firm bosses demand parents only half-fill paddling pools in hot weather despite reservoirs being full
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BOSSES of a wasteful water firm are urging parents to only half-fill paddling pools.  South West Water — which loses 107million litres a day through unrepaired leaks — targeted half-term frolics despite its reservoirs being 90 per cent full after a washout winter and soggy spring.  As temperatures hit a record 35C,  Liz Northcott, 74, vowed: “My great-grandchildren are in the paddling pool and there...

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