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Thousands to Face Water Supply Issues over Weekend
The company delivered nearly 340,000 bottles and 230,000 litres to vulnerable customers as it works to restore intermittent supplies.
- Around 10,500 customers are experiencing low pressure or intermittent supply across Kent on Friday as approximately 2,400 households remain without water during an intense heatwave.
- Moody's Ratings downgraded South East Water on Thursday, putting the company in breach of its Ofwat license after CEO David Hinton announced plans to step down following MPs' 'no confidence' report on leadership.
- The company pumped 619 million litres on Thursday to meet demand, while crews tankered over 1,753,561 litres into the network and distributed nearly 340,000 bottles of water at stations across the county.
- Incident manager Matthew Dean confirmed supply began returning to 3,500 customers in Whitstable on Thursday evening, yet businesses have closed and residents staged sea protests over the shortages.
- Ofwat is closely monitoring the situation and proposed a £22 million fine for past supply interruptions between 2020 and 2023, while South East Water implements a company-wide transformation program.
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Thousands to face water supply issues over weekend
South East Water continued to ask customers to use water for essential uses only such as drinking, washing and cooking.
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Gareth Fuller Thousands of residents in Kent are facing a water supply crisis as South East Water struggles to meet demand during the heatwave. Businesses have shut their doors, families are queuing for bottled water, and some frustrated Whitstable residents have resorted to bathing in the sea to protest the week-long shortage. Matthew Dean, South East Water's incident manager, said on Friday that 3,500 customers in Whitstable will see supply "r…
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