Local MP’s have joined Water Matters and Rowlands Castle Parish Council calls for the Planning Inspector to reject the Southern Water Development Consent Order application on the grounds that the consultation was inadequate. For a copy of the full report prepared by Water Matters, setting out all the ways in which Southern Water failed to … Continue reading Lack of meaningful public consultation

How does 20% of Southern Water’s income get passed to their funders? The backdoor route through which Southern Water are paying their funders was exposed by Councillor Roger Bird, an accountant and Fareham Borough Councillor, at an event in Waterlooville in January 2026 hosted by Suella Braverman. The Fareham MP made her objection to the … Continue reading Southern Water backdoor route to pay funders exposed

The results are out and make for interesting reading. Look beyond the inevitable marketing spin, much of which looks open to valid challenge, and focus in on the numbers: Click on the image below to download and read the document.

On Monday 25 November, we were fortunate to benefit from the knowledge and experience of Dr. Marc Pidou of the Cranfield Water Science Institute, a specialist in water recycling technologies. Over seventy-five minutes of clear, detailed, presentation and forty-five minutes of equally informed responses to a variety of questions raised by the audience, we learned … Continue reading Dr. Marc Pidou’s presentation on Water Recycling Technologies

On Thursday 7 November 2024, five members of the 'Water Matters' community spent five hours shut in the boardroom on the fourth floor of Southern Water's HQ, under the watchful gaze of two Southern Water staffers and the watchful ears of the boardroom videoconference microphones. We were there to review the twelve 'Water Resources Management … Continue reading Southern Water deliberately restricts access to WRMP Environmental & Options Appraisal details

A couple of weeks ago, the Water Matters team pointed out that Southern Water's first reverse osmosis (RO) effluent recycling plant will provide a new final processing stage for the Sandown Wastewater and Sludge Treatment Works on the Isle of Wight. Tonight, BBC South Today covered the story - click the arrow below to view. … Continue reading BBC South Today follows our lead on Southern Water’s Sandown plan

An important message for all consumers of drinking water across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and West Sussex. Yes, that means You! Residents around the borough of Havant, where Portsmouth Water's part-constructed 'Havant Thicket Reservoir' is now under threat from Southern Water's infamous Budds Farm sewage works, have had more than enough of Southern Water's … Continue reading We need your help – Southern Water are recycling more than sewage!

This image of Havant's least-loved visitor attraction is taken from a New Civil Engineer website post dated 24 October. Clearly, Southern Water are trying to make up for the time they lost messing about with a reverse osmosis desalination plan at Ashlett Creek in 2021. You might have thought that the Company would have learned, … Continue reading ‘New Civil Engineer’ article on Southern Water’s procurement activity

Once again, we are calling on DEFRA to reject Southern Water’s plan to recycle sewage effluent into drinking water, and to demand they properly explore other cheaper, greener solutions first.  Southern Water and Portsmouth Water customers have: Huge environmental concerns Deliberate suppression of cheaper, greener solutions for financial reasons Totally inadequate consultation A complete breakdown … Continue reading Sign the petition today!

Regular readers will note that the Havant Matters website has been refreshed under a new banner highlighting the fact that 'Water Matters'. The driver for this is the publication of Southern Water's current draft of its Water Resources Management Plan for a public consultation period ending on 4 December 2024. For the record, we object to the … Continue reading ‘Water Matters’ – A site refresh

In the second of two posts, we look at another of the effluent recycling plants that Southern Water has in its plans for the future, based on information published in the current WRMP consultation documents. The first post looked at Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, this post looks at Littlehampton, over the border in … Continue reading Littlehampton effluent recycling plant

In the first of two posts, we look at two of the other effluent recycling plants that Southern Water has in its plans for the future, based on information published in the current WRMP consultation documents. This post highlights Sandown, on the Isle of Wight; the next one covers Littlehampton, further along the coast in … Continue reading Sandown IoW – Effluent recycling plant