Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 22 November 2021.
Did Hillingdon Council put in a bid for your Drinking Fountains for London scheme? Are there any plans to install drinking fountains in the borough?
It is my ambition to ensure all Londoners benefit from the London drinking fountains programme and have access to free drinking water when on the go, helping to reduce single-use plastic bottle waste across the city. In October 2018, I announced my partnership with Thames Water to install over 100 drinking fountains across the capital.
Hillingdon Council applied for four drinking fountains. Unfortunately, these applications did not progress as they were all outside the Thames Water supply area.
My Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy and officers have contacted Affinity, who supply water to the London Borough of Hillingdon, to ask if they would be willing to work with me to provide public water fountains. Support from the relevant water supply company is needed in order to connect to their water mains. Unfortunately, no response has been received.