Thousands without water for days in Kent

Name: Thousands without water for days in Kent
Uploaded: 2026-01-13T12:48:56.790Z
Duration: 1 min 17 s

Water regulator Ofwat has said it is concerned that thousands of people are still facing supply problems across Kent and Sussex.

Customers of South East Water (SEW) began experiencing issues on Saturday, with the company blaming the impact of Storm Goretti and a power cut at its pumping plant.

On Monday, SEW's incident manager Matthew Dean said about 25,000 customers still had no water or intermittent supplies.

South East Water, which has apologised, said there were still 11 ongoing interruptions. It has been providing water bottle stations and is updating customers via its website, external.

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