Devon water

[czechmate]

I must admit, I would assume there would be a thread about this by now. Sorry if I’ve missed it.
it seems quite serious and totally incompetent by the water company the day they said the water was safe without having the tests .
Last night, the news was saying the contamination came from a faulty valve on a farm?

 

[grainboy]

So, Not the farmers problem,
As I don’t think they maintain water board’s valves,
Trying to pass the buck again,

 

[teslacoils]

Last night, the news was saying the contamination came from a faulty valve on a farm?

Typical diversion tactic.

 

[CornishTone]

I must admit, I would assume there would be a thread about this by now. Sorry if I’ve missed it.
it seems quite serious and totally incompetent by the water company the day they said the water was safe without having the tests .
Last night, the news was saying the contamination came from a faulty valve on a farm?

I don’t think they’re blaming the farm. They’ve admitted that their air valve was faulty and allowed cow sh1t into the pipe. 100% their fault.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

I must admit, I would assume there would be a thread about this by now. Sorry if I’ve missed it.
it seems quite serious and totally incompetent by the water company the day they said the water was safe without having the tests .
Last night, the news was saying the contamination came from a faulty valve on a farm?

Wasn’t the boss lady trying to justify her + £3.5 million salary today?
SS

 

[Jerry]

SWW are a shower of shite. I’ve had a 6 year battle with them over a meter which they claimed I was responsible for.

£13k

literally today they admitted I was not using the water and they will bill the right party.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Reported 2 leaks to Thames water in last week.

They have a clever app where you can pinpoint on a map exactly where the leak is.

You then get a call later from the guy on the ground asking where the leak is. The app doesn’t give him the pin drop, only the postcode!?

Bloody daft

 

[penntor]

I assume they tested the water leaving the treatment plant and found nothing. The positive result probably came from further down the system when they widened the testing area.
I am not defending them, just trying to find a reason why they said all clear.
What they should have done is issued a 'boil all tap water' right away and worked back testing from the point of delivery and not from the treatment plant end.

 

[wanton dwarf]

Last night, the news was saying the contamination came from a faulty valve on a farm?

I find the idea of an air valve being infected with cow manure strange, wouldn't that be on top of the Reservoir not in a field ?

Field with works over the road - why would an air valve exist away from the reservoir ?

Reservoir

 

[gone up the hill]

I find the idea of an air valve being infected with cow manure strange, wouldn't that be on top of the Reservoir not in a field ?

Field with works over the road - why would an air valve exist away from the reservoir ?

Reservoir

The water should have been treated anyway before it went into the mains!

On the ground SWW and the local Conservative MP are trying to blame cattle for infecting the water supply!

More than likely given how much raw sewerage they have pumped into rivers/ streams ( and the sea with nearly every beach in Devon having a not swim notice at least twice this winter due to raw sewerage ) it will be that that has got into the water system down there!

 

[Exfarmer]

I find the idea of an air valve being infected with cow manure strange, wouldn't that be on top of the Reservoir not in a field ?

Field with works over the road - why would an air valve exist away from the reservoir ?

Reservoir

Air valves are put in across the system so that air which has got in does not build up inna pipe and cause an air lock. We had a new pipeline go though through and they wanted a valve in a the middle of a very large field . It looked crazy to me, was not in the original deal and strangely ended up one evening in the hedge

 

[Wesley]

I find the idea of an air valve being infected with cow manure strange, wouldn't that be on top of the Reservoir not in a field ?

Field with works over the road - why would an air valve exist away from the reservoir ?

Reservoir

Could be fitted at any high point along the pipeline.
Edit - looks like he ^^^^ beat me to it

 

[wanton dwarf]

Air valves are put in across the system so that air which has got in does not build up inna pipe and cause an air lock. We had a new pipeline go though through and they wanted a valve in a the middle of a very large field . It looked crazy to me, was not in the original deal and strangely ended up one evening in the hedge

Weird, I would have thought the water would be pumped - surely only a gravity system would suffer from an air lock ?

Makes no sense to me, as does putting a valve outlet low enough for cow to pee or shyte on them

 

[milkloss]

I did wonder if someone had a ball valve at the bottom of a tank somewhere. Still have one or two here but after the header tank.

 

[DrDunc]

To infect that much water for as long as they're predicting it'll be before it's clear of crypto, it must be a huge quantity of shyte!

Faulty air valve? Cows? Who do they think they're kidding?

Must be awful living somewhere that you get to drink your own sewerage

 

[Nitrams]

I think its a PR job. Pressure to say they found the fault. Like said would need to be a massive amount of sh!t plus it would have had to go against the mains pressure in the line to find its way into the water. Farmers the convenient escape goats again

 

[Water Wheel]

This incident is a reminder to us all to check the ball valves on our older water troughs and bowls, and check a non return valve is in place where needed. Can never hurt to double check.

 

[Bald Rick]

I find the idea of an air valve being infected with cow manure strange, wouldn't that be on top of the Reservoir not in a field ?

Got one right in the middle of one of our prime arable/silage fields at home.
Found it in 1984 when a contractor ploughed the top off it. Wondered why we had the Lake Geneva fountain in Anglesey
Turned out there is a 9" main running through the field serving the SW of the Sainted Isle. We were popular...

Anyway, Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water have never said anything about not applying slurry near it so it gets bigly ... er NVZ compliant ... amounts

 

[Blue.]

I think its a PR job. Pressure to say they found the fault. Like said would need to be a massive amount of sh!t plus it would have had to go against the mains pressure in the line to find its way into the water. Farmers the convenient escape goats again

When an air valve fails here you end up with a 50 foot fountain.

 

[britishblue]

I think its a PR job. Pressure to say they found the fault. Like said would need to be a massive amount of sh!t plus it would have had to go against the mains pressure in the line to find its way into the water. Farmers the convenient escape goats again

Exactly! The first time I heard this on radio blaming animal's my first thought was how convenient that is for them! I think they are lying!