Sorry to be the bearer but we have received a notification of possible water cut off over night. Dime haringey wards are already receiving bottled water from Thames Water. Maybe fill a few jugs with water now - just in case:
This afternoon, Thames Water informed the Emergency Planning team that there is a leak in a valve at the Lower Hall Booster Station in Chingford. Parts of the site were significantly flooded however they have now been drained which will allow access to replace the valve. To reinstate the site, Thames Water will need to replace the valve and then do testing on their control panels to ensure that there has been no damage to them by the water.
In their notification, Thames Water stated that there are no reported impacts to residents yet. Using modelling, Thames Water have assessed that if their remediation activities are not completed in time, residents could start to see impacts from 06:00 on Wednesday 11 November 2026. If the mitigation activities are unsuccessful, the assess worst-case scenario is that up to 140,000 properties will be affected across north London, Essex, and Hertfordshire. This potentially includes 1,109 postcodes in the north of Haringey.
Thames Water is working to repair the valve and developing a contingency plan, including the mass provision of bottled water, focusing on supporting specific sites such as hospitals, care homes, and schools.
If you are contacted by a resident who is reporting that they have no water, please direct them to notify Thames Water as well, so that impacts can be monitored and addressed. Thames Water have identified their customers who are on the priority service register however it is not clear as yet how they will reach out to them all and in what order, so any resident who is affected and on the priority service register should get in contact with Thames Water to seek assistance.
A council silver meeting will be put in for tomorrow (Wednesday 11 November 2026) to assess the impacts and what actions are required by the council.
Please will services start considering what actions they might need to take to support their residents.
Emergency Planning will continue to monitor the situation and share information from Thames Water as we receive it.
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Oh no, this sounds potentially serious and thank you Melanie for posting.
With luck they will get it sorted overnight but no harm in being prepared.