Thousands in Kent face water supply disruption after ‘technical issue’ | UK | News
More than 5,000 properties in a Kent town are facing water cuts due to a “technical issue”. Tunbridge Wells residents have been warned they may experience problems such as low pressure, intermittent water supply or no water at all.
Local supplier South East Water (SEW) blamed the outage on a technical problem with water treatment works in the area. SEW incident manager Robert Anthony-Scorse said around 5,600 properties may be experiencing supply issues.
He also said: “We are working hard to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. The plant is back in operation and we are working hard to increase storage levels to get the booster pumps operational again.
“We are using tankers to increase drinking water storage levels to support affected areas.”
The official said that SEW distributes bottled water to priority registered customers, adding that the company will establish bottled water stations and disclose the locations of these stations to the public.
He said: “We are also looking to establish bottled water stations in the Tunbridge Wells area.”
The problem erupted at a time when the country was experiencing a record-breaking June heatwave, with temperatures reaching almost 38°C.
In July, several parts of the country experienced the third heat wave of the year, with temperatures remaining consistently above 30C for several days.
