A Cornish farmer is worried for the welfare of her herd of Highland cows after a water company threatened to cut her farm's supply, she says.
Irene Parker, 70, who has farmed on her 40-acre (16-hectare) farm near Stithians for 35 years, said she received a letter from South West Water saying her supply would be shut off due to an unpaid bill.
Ms Parker said she "received a threatening letter, but no bill" and was originally told she was in credit with the utility.
South West Water said Source for Business, part of the owning Pennon Group which deals with business customers, had contacted Ms Parker to "understand her concerns with a view to resolving the situation as quickly as possible".
Ms Parker said she received a letter "out of the blue" from Source for Business saying it would cut her water off.
She said: "I was worried as the letter took 10 days to get to me and it said it would cut it off in seven days."
She added it was "alarming" as her cows had calves and "drink a lot of water."
Ms Parker said she expected the supply to be turned off at any moment but it never was, fortunately.
She added that the water company told her it had found her credit but did not apologise or confirm whether or not the supply would be cut.
