South East Water is reporting that around 17000 customers are still without water this morning in the latest update on the current water supply situation.
Early this morning the water company was able to open its reservoirs and pump water into the network which supplies around 8,700 homes in a number of areas in Sussex.
Approximately 12,000 customers are without supply in Kent and Sussex – the utility is continuing work to restore supplies to these areas.
South East Water teams have continued to work through the night to repair leaks on the network with 71 fixed so far and over 100 identified for repair.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
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