“Warminster people must realise that the population of the town has doubled in recent months and they should not complain of the poor pressure of water.”
– said Mr. Neville Marriage, at a meeting of the Warminster Urban District Council, on Monday 10th March 1941.
When the mains were put in they were of ample capacity for the pre-Second World War supply and Mr. Marriage went on to say the Urban District Council had no control of the difficulty. Had they known, they would have acted accordingly, but the Council, stated Mr. Marriage, could not be blamed for the shortage and he added that it was no good people complaining.