Free water butts are on offer thanks to water firm

SEVERN Trent customers could now save almost 100k litres of rainwater by taking up a free water butt from the water company which is encouraging people to make use of them by reusing rainwater in their gardens.

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Since June 2024, Severn Trent teams have been going door-to-door, encouraging customers to take a free water butt to help them save on their water usage and money on their water bills.

Severn Trent has been proactively offering the free water butts to customers who live in areas that can be badly affected by storms. As water butts hold rainwater instead of letting it run into the sewer - effectively adding capacity to the network - they can help reduce the use of storm overflows.