Thousands of properties in Kent and Sussex left without drinking water for the sixth day running

‘Not only is the infrastructure depleted, but the leadership is rubbish,’ local MP says

17,000 properties in Kent and Sussex remain without water for the fifth day

Thousands of properties in Kent and Sussex left without drinking water for the sixth day running

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

Outages in Kent and Sussex this week became the latest in a long list of breakdowns in the UK’s creaking water system. Harry Cockburn asks how Britain can solve its utilities…