A WATER bottle refill station in Wellington town centre which took six months to open because of quality issues has been shut again.

The refill point outside the old Post Office in High Street was covered and put out of use over the New Year weekend.

It was first used in August, after Wessex Water resolved ‘adverse’ water quality issues in the town centre following its installation last February.

Other refill stations were installed at the same time in Minehead and Taunton and began working almost straight away as part of a Somerset West and Taunton Council-backed programme to reduce reliance on single-use plastic bottles.

A town council spokesman said Wessex Water switched off the water refill station during the recent cold weather.

It would not be turned on again until the unit had been re-tested, a process which should happen within a week.