news that the charges are expected to double. The water supply has until now
always been unmetered, but is shared with the sports pavilion on the adjacent
field. As a result of the building of the new sports pavilion it appears that
the situation is going to change. A meter has been installed or discovered and
Thames Water is going to charge us a lot more. The annual fee for an allotment
is expected to go up to twice what it was.
In fact the gardeners on an allotment only use water for about half the year,
from April to September, and in rainy weather stop using it.
It seems very unfair to charge them more just because of the new sports
pavilion.