I wrote about the Bath Road Reservoir in Dec 07.
What's New?
PUBLIC MEETING Weds 13th May 7.30pm Downshire Sq Church Hall
Thames Water still intent on demolishing entire site and will be displaying plans on 14th & 16th May
I had heard that Thames Water were selling a nearby small reservoir in Bath Rd in West Reading a few years ago. It does seem odd that despite Thames Water being unable to provide enough water to existing properties at times, they want to reduce their reservoir capacity and increase the number of homes using water. Perhaps their desire for profit is a greater motivator than their remit to provide water for residents. Whose silly idea was it to privatise the water indusrty again? Oh yes, cheers Mrs Thatcher, and Blair and Brown for allowing this to continue.
When I heard about the plans for development first my reaction was to keep the wildlife haven, and get Thames Water to respond to customers not just maximise their profits buy selling their assets to the highest price. I also had the idea that if they no longer needed the water storage capacity they could do something really innovative and build some underground eco houses within the underground reservoir, and not touch the wildlife area at all.
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