Households and businesses supplied by South East Water continue to be without water or suffer water supply interruptions – a range of areas continue to be affected according to the latest updates published on the water company’s AquAlerter map pages on its website.

Thousands of homes in the South East Water region have been left without water and Kent County Council has declared a major incident following the loss of water supply. South East Water’s initial annoucement on Saturday 10th Jan 2026 at 11:08 a.m. said that “regrettably”, customers in East Grinstead and the surrounding areas would begin to experience no water, intermittent supply or low pressure.

Uisce Éireann has submitted the planning application for the largest-ever water project in Irish history – the Water Supply Project Eastern & Midlands Region has a projected value of between €4.58 billion to €5.96 billion.

Uisce Éireann will submit a planning application this week for the largest-ever water project in Irish history – the Water Supply Project Eastern & Midlands Region has a projected value of between €4.58 billion to €5.96 billion.

The Rt Hon Mr Alistair Carmichael MP, Chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has written to David Hinton CEO of South East Water to raise his “significant concern” over the ongoing lack of water access for 24,000 customers in and around Tunbridge Wells.

The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee will continue its inquiry into drought preparedness in England this week by exploring the role of water resource planning for drought resilience, including assessing the robustness of currents plans and modelling for future supply and demand.

Peter Perry, Chief Executive at Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has apologised to customers for the current water supply disruption in Flintshire, describing it as “both challenging and frustrating.”

The Environment Agency is warning that England faces a massive 5 billion litre a day shortfall for public water supplies by 2055 without urgent action to futureproof resources – and a further 1 billion litre a day deficit for the wider economy.

Uisce Éireann is progressing work on its multi-million-euro Clonmel Water Supply Upgrade - more than 4km of a new 15km water main has now installed along the R689 Fethard Road with further pipe laying works also underway.

Following a supply outtage which saw around 58,000 Southern Water customers left without water supply in the week before Christmas, CEO Lawrence Gosden has warned that similar incidents cannot be ruled out in future.