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Southern Water says it is working ‘around the clock’ to resolve the issue caused by a burst water main.
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Southern Water supply issues
Key Events
- Southern Water announced that customers would likely lose their water supply on Thursday (May 2) afternoon.
- Staff have been 'working around the clock' to resolve the issue.
- Customers are expected to still be without water for the duration of the weekend.
Water supplies restored in St Leonards
Southern Water customers should finally get their water supplies back in St Leonards but the water company confirmed that a number of properties are still without water.
The company said it is ‘very sorry’ for the disruption caused by the outage ‘especially over the bank holiday weekend.’
It comes as residents reach the fifth day of major disruption, following a mains pipe bursting on Thursday (May 2) afternoon.
Bottled water stations to close
All bottled water stations will close at 9pm and will reopen tomorrow morning at 8am.
Water is being 'gradually restored'
Some customers should now see their water returning gradually, while the rest should be restored by tomorrow morning, according to Southern Water.
In an update, the water supplier said: “Customers in the west of the affected area and lower-lying areas nearest to Beauport, (west and central areas of St Leonards-on-Sea, west Hastings and rural areas around Westfield), should see supplies return gradually during the rest of Sunday. Of the properties in this category, approximately half are already experiencing either a full, or intermittent, return to service.”
“Customers in the east (north of Hollington and east Hastings and rural areas east of Hastings) should start to see their supplies return by Monday morning as water levels in the network continue to rise overnight.”