Southern Water, which serves 4.7mn customers, is in discussions with a private supplier to tanker water from Norwegian fjords to mitigate against potential supply shortages and drought.
The regional monopoly is in early-stage discussions with Extreme Drought Resilience Service, a private company that supplies bottled water from Norway, to ship in water.
Any costs would be paid for out of customers’ bills. The plan comes as Ofwat, the sector regulator, has provisionally agreed that Southern Water be allowed to raise bills by 44 per cent over the next five years from April.
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