Water company bans US billionaire’s new lake being filled during hosepipe ban
A water company forbade tanker companies from delivering their waters to an American billionaire lake during the nearby drought season.
Despite the ban on a local domestic Hosepipe in Hampshire, water was legally moved to Fill the lake on Stephen Schwarzman’s neighbor Wildshire.
Local inhabitants identified and filmed more than one water tanker filled from Standpipes in Hampshire, where a drought order. BBC reported.
These tankers were later taken to Conholt Park, a 2,500 -acre property owned by Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of the Asset Management company Blackstone.
Mr. Schwarzman, who is thought to be more than £ 30 billion, is one of the richest men in the world and is one of the financial supporters of US President Donald Trump.
Since he bought it in 2022, he has been renewing the 17th century shooting land worth approximately 80 million pounds. This comprehensive project includes redevelopment and construction of a new lake.
The amount of water taken is uncertain, because more than one user has access to Standpipes, but the South Water said it was a “important an increase in the last week. However, Mr. Schwarzman predicted that this was equal to about 8 to 9 percent of all the water moved to the property in recent weeks.
The operation was legally able to skip the drought restrictions in Hampshire under the license, because construction works are not domestic and therefore not responsible for a Hosepipe ban.
However, Southern Water said that the tankers were acted immediately, which investigates and prohibits the use of water from these stitches.
Tim McMahon, General Manager of Water, added: “I’m sure Hampshire will have most of our customers, I was horrified by this water use.”
The water company wants to ensure that it has “solid negotiations ile with companies using these water to more than 2 million customers and conducts a“ comprehensive examination için for “how to tighten any legal gaps ,, so that this“ cannot be realized again ”.
Blackstone told Independent He said that any suggestion that the owners violate local water arrangements will be “wrong and misleading ve and that the representatives of South Water is entirely operating in the law.
A spokesman added: “The new owners of Conholt Park depends on the restoration and protection of a turning point of national inheritance. Each aspect of the project is progressing to the local laws and planning regulations. This is valid for the lake and sophisticated rainwater collection system, which rises from the main home and proximity areas and proximity areas.
“For the majority of the construction period, up to about three weeks, the water purchased and transported by tankers to the field was basically used to support building businesses and relevant personnel.
“Recently, construction winds (expected to be completed very soon), water transported in connection with irrigation and lake has been used. Water has been supplied through licensed providers responsible for legal and appropriate extraction and delivery. Water is largely after the determination of water after the demand for southern water.
South Water, on July 21 this year in Hampshire and Wight Island banned a Hosepipe ban, reservoir levels have been the most dry initial in England since 1976.
Almost one million customers in Southern England are affected by new restrictions.
