When the taps stop.

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  • Check your water company’s website for news and water stations
  • Keep bottled water for drinking, washing hands and food A folding water carrier makes fetching water from a water station easier. Ad Folding water carriers on Amazon
  • Wash hands in a bowl with soap
  • Use ready-made baby formula, or boiled water for powder
  • On the Priority Services Register? Your water company should help Water companies bring bottled water to people on their register.
  • Check on the neighbours, and fetch water for them

Based on GOV.UK's Be ready advice on water supply interruptions, in our own words, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Advice changes, so check the source if something matters.

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