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Water Supply Resilience in Tunbridge Wells

P003216 - 07 July 2026

Presentations: 1
Presenters: 1

At a Glance

This petition concerning water supply resilience in tunbridge wells was presented to Parliament once by 1 MP.

Issue Summary

The petition addresses water supply resilience issues in Tunbridge Wells, highlighting recent severe outages that caused significant hardship and forced multiple schools to close, depriving children of learning time.

Action Requested

The House of Commons is requested to urge the Government to take immediate action to require South East Water to improve the resilience of its network in Tunbridge Wells to prevent future water shortages.

Key Facts

  • Two severe water outages caused significant hardship.
  • 23 schools were forced to close for days, depriving children of learning time.
  • The local petition by pupils from sixteen primary schools gathered 610 signatures.

Presentation Timeline

MPs presented this petition on the following dates. Each card shows the presenters and any recorded remarks.

Presented
07 July 2026
Tunbridge Wells
I rise to present this petition regarding water supply resilience in Tunbridge Wells. This is further to a local petition on the same matter started by the fantastic students at St John’s primary school, which has gathered 610 signatures—children’s signatures—and has since been shared with 15 other local primary schools. Tunbridge Wells recently experienced two severe water outages due to failures in South East Water’s network. The outages caused significant hardship and forced 23 schools to close over many days, which deprived children of valuable learning time. The petitioners request “that the House of Commons urges the Government to take into account the concerns of the petitioners and take immediate action to require South East Water to improve the resilience of its network in Tunbridge Wells, so that families and pupils do not again face a prolonged period without access to clean running water.”
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