A water firm has banned tanker companies from providing their water to an American LakhpaireLake during Dry weather nearby,
despite Local domestic hospipe ban in place in HampshireThe water was legally taken from there to fill the lake in the property of Stephen Schwarzman at the neighboring Wiltshire.
Local residents have seen and filled many water tankers filling with standpipes. Hampshire, Where there is a dry order, BBC reported,
Those tankers were then taken to Conholt Park, owned by Stephen Schifan Schifan Schifan Schifan Schifan of Asset Management Company Blackstone to Conholt Park.
Mr. Schwarzman, who is thought to be over 30 billion pounds, is one of the world’s richest men and is a financial supporter of US President Donald Trump.
He is renewing the 17th -century shooting estate, which costs around 80 million pounds, since he bought it in 2022. This comprehensive project includes redevelopment and construction of a new lake.
The exact amount of water that has been taken is not clear because many users have access to standpipes, but southern water stated that there was a “significant” spike within last week. But a spokesperson of Mr. Schwarzman estimated that it is “equal to about 8 to 9 percent of all the water carrying property in recent weeks”.
The operation was legally capable of ignoring dried restrictions in Hampshire under license, as the construction work is not domestic and therefore not accountable to a hospype ban.
However, Southern water Said that immediate action was taken in checking and banning tankers by using water from these standpipes.
Managing Director Tim McMahon for water said: “I am happy with this use of water, because I am sure many of our Hampshire will be customers.”
The water firm wants to assure more than two million customers that it is “strong conversation” with companies using this water, and “fully review” that “how they can” tighten any legal flaws “so that it can not” again “.
Blackstone told Independent Any suggestion violated the local water rules to the owners, “wrong and misleading”, and that the southern water representatives confirmed that the tankers were working completely within the law.
A spokesperson said: “The new owner of Konholt Park is committed to restoration and protection of a historical property of the importance of national heritage. Every aspect of the project is moving forward with the supreme relationship for local laws and planning regulations. This applies to the lake and sophisticated rainwater collection system that is collected from the main house, which is gathered from the main house.
“For most of the construction period, for the last three weeks, water was purchased and taken by tankers to the site was mainly used to support building functions and concerned personnel.
“Recently, as the construction winds (expected to be completed very soon), a ratio of transported water has been used in relation to irrigation and lake. Water has been sour through legal and proper extraction and distribution.
Southern Water banned a hospipe at Hampshire on 5 August this year and in the Isle of White, when the reservoir level was stored at 75.6 percent during the dry start in England since 1976.
Around one lakh customers in southern England are affected by new sanctions.