TEMPORARY BAN ON USES OF WATER

SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED
Water Industry Act 1991, Sections 76, 76A & 76B
TEMPORARY BAN ON USES OF WATER

Southern Water Services (“the Company”) gives notice that it is prohibiting the following uses of water supplied by the Company (whether by meter or not) in its Kent and Sussex supply areas, subject to the exceptions specified below and in The Water Use (Temporary Bans) Order 2010.

Prohibitions

• Watering a garden using a hosepipe;
• Cleaning a private motor vehicle using a hosepipe;
• Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe;
• Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe;
• Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool;
• Drawing water using a hosepipe for domestic recreational use;
• Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe;
• Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain;
• Cleaning walls or windows of domestic premises using a hosepipe;
• Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe;
• Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe.
In these prohibitions,

“garden” includes a park, gardens open to the public, a lawn, a grass verge, grass used for sport or recreation, an allotment used for non-commercial purposes and any other green space;

“hosepipe” includes anything designed, adapted or used to serve the same purpose as a hosepipe;

“using a hosepipe for domestic recreational use” includes operating water slides and other recreational equipment.

Exceptions

The following are excepted from the prohibitions in this notice:

• Watering a grass surface used for regional, national or international sports events;
• Cleaning a private motor vehicle by a business specialising in hand car washing which uses hosepipes as part of the process;
• Using a water-fed pole to clean the windows of domestic premises in the course of a business;
• Cleaning the walls of domestic premises in the course of a business where the purpose of cleaning is the removal of graffiti;
• Cleaning paths, patios and hard-standings by a business whose sole operation is the cleaning of paths, patios and other hard-standings and the purpose of cleaning is the removal of graffiti.

Further exceptions are specified in The Water Use (Temporary Bans) Order 2010 (SI 2010 No. 2231) and that Order also defines certain terms used in this notice. The Order may be found at http://www.southernwater.co.uk/wateruseorder, and the Company will consider instances of significant hardship or water efficiency for concessionary exception, which may be subject to conditions – please call us on 0845 278 0845.

These prohibitions will come into effect on 5 April 2012 and will remain in force until further notice. However, representations concerning these prohibitions may be made in writing within 7 days of the date of publication of this notice to the Company Secretary at the address below. If, as a result of any representation, the Company decides to vary any terms of these prohibitions, a further notice will be published. Any person who contravenes any of these prohibitions may be guilty of an offence, and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,000.

This notice is also published on the Company’s website – www.southernwater.co.uk – where water efficiency tips and offers can be found.

Kevin Hall, Company Secretary, Southern Water Services Limited, Southern House, Yeoman Road, Worthing, BN13 3NX