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Whitstable Residents Protest Water Outage by Bathing in Sea
Residents bathed and brushed their teeth in the sea as South East Water restored supplies to 3,500 Whitstable customers and left others waiting.
- On Friday, residents in the coastal town of Whitstable, England, protested a week-long water outage by bathing and brushing their teeth in the sea, affecting over 20,000 people at its peak.
- South East Water blamed the shortages on soaring demand during a record-breaking heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 34 degrees Celsius and the company pumping 628 million litres on Wednesday.
- While supply has returned to almost 15,000 homes, around 500 customers remain without running water; cafe owner Mark Kidd said, "If you can't wash your hands, you can't make food."
- Organizer Caroline Wade demanded the government nationalize water companies, calling them "not up to purpose," while Ashford MP Sojan Joseph criticized the supplier for failing to invest in infrastructure across Kent.
- Britain's independent Climate Change Committee warned the country faces progressively hotter, drier summers, estimating adaptation requires around 11 billion pounds annually as experts suggest extreme heat will become more frequent.
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Private water company leaves thousands dry amid record May heatwave
One privately-owned water company left thousands of people in south-east England dry and thirsty this week. This comes amid one of Britain’s hottest-ever May heatwaves. South East Water, which covers much of Kent, left over 8,000 people without any tap water. The company claimed that nearby reservoirs at Whitstable were at a “critical level” due to “extremely high demand”. The company’s six-figure CEO David Hinton stepped down from his position …
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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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