In what has been described as chaos, schools were closed, while cafes and restaurants said they had lost thousands of pounds in business.
Meanwhile, queues for bottled water stations clogged up parts of the town.
Last week supply returned but with a warning – the tap water was not safe to drink and must be boiled before it could be consumed.
The supply issue was over, but customers faced new problems.
There was confusion around which homes and business were under the “boil notice”, a lack of clarity about what the tap water could and could not be used for and anxiety from many over the quality of the water.
Now, 14 days after the taps first ran dry, the boil notice has been lifted.
The crisis has ended but the calls for SEW’s chief executive David Hinton to resign remain.
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