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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shaheena Uddin

Water company bans US billionaire’s new lake being filled during hosepipe ban

Water from Hampshire was legally transported to fill the lake at Stephen Schwarzman’s property in neighbouring Wiltshire - (Getty/iStock)

A water firm has banned tanker companies from delivering its water to an American billionaire’s lake during the drought season nearby.

Despite a local domestic hosepipe ban in place in Hampshire, water from there was legally transported to fill the lake at Stephen Schwarzman’s property in neighbouring Wiltshire.

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