Like many hundreds of residents in this area, I have only recently become aware of the fact Southern Water has been unnecessarily charging for removal of surface water into the public sewerage system.

Not content with wanting to despoil our beautiful landscape by erecting their proposed monstrosity of a sewage disposal plant in Telscombe, it also has the cheek to obtain money by false pretences by charging hundreds, if not thousands, of its customers for services it never provided.

-Rick Fernay, Brighton