John Lewis sends five months’ worth of bottled water to hundreds of villagers after their drinking supply is polluted by river near its estate
John Lewis sent a five -month bottle to hundreds of peasants, because the drinking supply of the region is contaminated by the river near the retailer’s property.
In the tiny Longstock village near Andover, about 500 people have been drinking water from the Bottles provided by the nearby Leckford Estate, a part of John Lewis partnership for the last four months.
Test Valley District Council (TVBC), since 1929, the property, which has made water to the village, in April this April, high -nitrate levels were discovered after the discovery of the domestic people advised to supply.
Representatives of 2,800 acres of agricultural lands of the retailer in the Hampshire countryside have established a working filtering system in a movement to combat the issue since then.
However, while preparing to offer more bottles to Longstock’s villages for a while, systems can take up to a month in other drilling holes in the region.
The Daily Mail, a spokesman for the leckford land, said: ‘The existence of nitrates is unfortunately a nationwide issue. We are in contact with our residents regularly and we provided free bottled water when installing new filtration systems.
‘As a long -term solution to raise our infrastructure for the Longstock villa and to ensure that our residents have uninterrupted water source, we are investigating the options to participate in our local water provider.’
Real Estate added that the water in Longstock remains drinkable for most people, and that pregnant women and babies recommend avoiding the only person under six months.
About 500 people have been drinking water from the bottles provided by the nearby Leckford land for the last four months in the Longstock village of Longstock, near Andover.
The Test Valley District Council (TVBC) advised the property that has been waterproof to the village since 1929 to supply the domestic people after discovering high nitrate levels in its supply in April.
Longstock’s villages will be provided more for a while, filtration systems can take up to a month when they are placed in other drilling holes in the region
Otherwise, they say that tap water ‘can be consumed safely in addition to other sources’, which suggests that about 25 percent of the local people’s water consumption comes from other sources such as bottled water or from outside the village.
TBVC spokesman: ‘Test Valley District Council was informed by Leckford Estate in April 2025 and took steps to explain what to do to solve the issue.
‘Test Valley visited the site and recommended that bottled water should be provided, but there is no need to serve any public health notification.
‘Leckford Estate assumed the responsibility to directly communicate with affected and written information. When nitrate levels are below the stable and predicted 50mg/L concentration, the property can return to normal supply. ‘
The environmental agency comes after the report published last December that 55 percent of the UK is a vulnerable region (NVZ).
The report is used for about 30 percent of the ‘groundwater’ [drinking] In the UK, tap water should now be blended, treated or replaced to meet nitrate standards. ‘
Drinking water inspectorate says that a very high amount of nitrate in drinking water can cause Methaemoglobinemia, also known as blue baby syndrome in very young children.
An extract from the websites writes: ‘This is a potentially deadly disease in which nitrate is converted into nitrite in the baby’s intestine and interferes with the absorption of oxygen by blood.’
