A £250 million water plant built to protect thousands of Brits from drought has been switched off over high running costs
Despite several hosepipe bans having already been introduced across the country, Thames Water said the plant would not be up and running until next year at the earliest.
The company told regulators in January that the facility - based in Beckton, east London - was ready to be turned on to help provide fresh drinking water to up to 400,000 households, according to the Telegraph. However, the paper revealed that it had actually been turned off over questions of whether it was ever fully operational.
Senior industry sources said the plant - which is the only one in the UK designed to turn salty seawater into fresh water - had been mothballed amid concerns over its high running costs compared with asking customers to limit their water use.
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