{"id":748829,"date":"2026-08-25T03:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748829\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T03:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:16:11","slug":"ceredigion-woman-reliant-on-bottled-water-as-well-dries-up-due-to-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748829\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceredigion woman reliant on bottled water as well dries up due to drought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Genista Tanner never imagined she would be left without running water in the home she has lived in for three decades.<\/p>\n

The 72-year-old, who lives in rural Ceredigion, relies on a well for her water supply. But for the first time in 30 years, the well has run dry.<\/p>\n

Tanner is one of more than 100,000 people across Wales who rely on private water supplies, according to the , external<\/a>British Geological Survey. <\/p>\n

Researchers have warned that many of them are vulnerable during droughts, and the problem could get worse in future.<\/p>\n

Wales had the driest July on record and remains in drought conditions. <\/p>\n

“I have not had any fresh water coming from the well into the house for at least a month,” said Tanner.<\/p>\n

Tanner’s home is not connected to the mains water network, instead drawing water from a well in a field across the road.<\/p>\n

For most of the year, gravity carries enough water to the property for bathing, washing and household use. In drier periods, a pump helps move water from the well into storage tanks.<\/p>\n

This summer, however, there was nothing left to pump.<\/p>\n

“I’ve never had that happen before. Never. In all the 30 years we’ve lived here,” she said.<\/p>\n

Tanner now relies on bottled water from supermarkets, water borrowed from friends and family, and has travelled for more than 40 minutes to have a shower at her daughter’s home in Aberystwyth.<\/p>\n

“I never realised the value of water until I didn’t have it,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I’ve discovered that 1.7 litres of water will wash my hair. I’ve also discovered that four cups of water will give me a good wash.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Genista Tanner never imagined she would be left without running water in the home she has lived in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-748829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}