Water restored to most Kent and Sussex homes after six days’ disruption

Up to 30,000 customers of South East Water had no supply or low pressure at height of incident

Water has been restored to most homes across Kent and Sussex after almost a week of disruption.

South East Water (SEW) said the outage, which began on Saturday, was the result of Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts.

At the height of the incident, the company reported that 30,000 customers across the counties were without water, or experiencing low water pressure.

Some residents are also still facing hosepipe bans and flood warnings.