4 February (Part 2) - Bexley Council politely says “bog off”
One
no longer expects Bexley’s Pay More For Less Council to actually do anything
about anything which is not a statutory requirement so an open sewer and the
consequent environmental health concerns are of little interest to them. I am
still having to partially obstruct my neighbours drain in order to catch the
daily knicker disposal ritual. To be honest I do not really know what the mass
of fibrous material is.
However Ms. Nicholls (Bexley’s Regulatory Services) did at least do her best
within the constraints imposed by budgetary mismanagement and told
me what Thames Water should be doing. Rather different to what Thames Water has
already told me is the full extent of their powers. viz. that all they can do
is to send out an explanatory leaflet imploring people not to flush their
unmentionables down the bog.
Despite their offer, Thames Water did not even do that. They distributed advertisements for their
help service which offered to unblock drains for a monthly fee of £10 a month
plus £30 for every call out.
Ms. Nicholls advice is to send a complaint to the Consumer Council for Water.