South West Surrey MP Jeremy Hunt has asked water bosses vital questions about how they plan to service the thousands of new homes which are to be built in the county over the next decade.Research carried out by Mr Hunt has highlighted that over a million extra litres of water will be needed per day if the surge of overdevelopment continues.He said: “As this summer has proved, we have immense problems with water supply in the South East. We have a hose pipe ban and experts are warning that our reservoirs are running dangerously low.”I want to know how our already stretched water companies plan to cope with the extra demand which will occur as a result of the rapid house building taking place in the South East.”On average, a constituent in South West Surrey consumes approximately 166 litres of water every day.Waverley Borough Council recently published its Core Structure Plan which states that there will be 2,810 new homes built between 2001 and 2016.Given that each household in Surrey contains on average 2.38 people, according to the 2001 Census, there could be an extra 6687 people living in Waverley by 2016.Therefore, an extra 6687 people consuming approximately 166 litres means that water companies will have to supply over a million more litres per day by 2016.Jeremy said: “This is really concerning. Overdevelopment is not only scarring our towns but it is also putting great pressure on our infrastructure. I predict that hose pipe bans will be the norm if houses continue to spring up in this way.”Jeremy has written to South East Water and Thames Water to ask what measures they have in place to deal with such a dramatic increase in demand.