The water from your tap is ‘the best ever’

Tuesday 13th April 2010, 2:29PM BST.

Director of water services Andrew Redhead with a stockpile of plastic pipes which are being used to replace asbestos cement mains. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 0920162)

TAP water in Guernsey has reached the highest quality on record, Guernsey Water has revealed.

Its 2009 annual report was released yesterday and highlights successes that include the States-owned utility posting a profit and high customer satisfaction figures.

Guernsey Water’s overall water compliance against the strict criteria set by the UK’s Drinking Water Inspectorate reached 99.86%, an improvement of 0.2% on 2008.

And its general customer satisfaction rating taken from feedback questionnaires stood at 95% for the year.

‘I always encourage the business units within the department to operate in a businesslike and commercially-minded fashion,’ said Public Services minister Bernard Flouquet.