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1 August 2007
Bournemouth Sends Drinking Water To Flood Victims
Tankers from Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water are among
those helping to provide drinking water to the people of Gloucester, UK.Hero tanker crews who helped deliver drinking water to flood victims in Gloucester have been publicly thanked for their efforts. Bosses at Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water (BWHW) say their staff's efforts were nothing short of magnificent. Tony Cooke, Managing Director, said: "These guys were real heroes and deserve a medal. We're very proud of them.
"We had a call to our Control Room for help at two o'clock in the morning and within six hours our tankers were at work in Gloucester." More than 350,000 people in Gloucester were left without water in July when flood waters damaged their water treatment works after extreme weather. As part of a 'mutual aid' agreement BWHW sent four emergency road tankers to the city together with drivers and managers.
The tankers operated round-the-clock filling roadside tanks and bringing 200,000 litres of fresh water a day to the local community. Now the ten BWHW crew members involved, as well as two staff from BWHW's contractor Carillion and their managers have been given a public pat on the back. Mr Cooke said: "We've had letters and emails from people in Gloucester who saw our tankers on the streets and wrote to say 'thank you.' We wanted to also express our gratitude to our crews as well."
Roger Harrington, BWHW's Technical Director, added: "This was a quite unprecedented event in the water industry and everyone rallied round to help the local water supplier. "Our crews spent about ten days in Gloucester, providing an estimated 1.5 million litres of drinking water. "They played a vital role in what was a national emergency. We were pleased to be able to help at a time when the vital infrastructure was severely disrupted."
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