South East Water: Residents frustrated as thousands still without supply

The list of areas without water
now covers areas across the South East Water area, with issues in Sussex and Hampshire, and most of the supply failures affecting Kent.

Postcodes affected, listed on South East Water’s website, external, are as follows:

Kent

ME13 9AJ Brickfield Lane,
Boughton-under-Blean, Faversham – no water or low pressure after burst main

ME14 4PA Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone – a repair needs to be completed and the water main may need to be turned off later

ME15 9UD Loose and surrounding areas – low water or low pressure with water storage reservoirs running low “due to neighbouring water companies being unable to give us the bulk supplies of treated water as they normally do”, the company says

ME17 1XD Hollingbourne, Headcorn,
Ulcombe, Kingswood, Sutton Valence and surrounding areas – intermittent supplies
as reservoir levels regain storage

TN2 3PZ Tunbridge Wells –
intermittent supplies

TN4 8BG Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells – no water or low pressure because of issues at a site providing the supply

TN11 8BA Penshurst, Tonbridge – no water or low pressure

TN15 0PY Yopps Green, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks – no water or low pressure

CT2 Canterbury and surrounding areas – pressure issues at a plant

CT2 8DL Ramsey Close, Canterbury –
no water or low pressure because of “unexpected emergency repairs”

CT2 9AA Harbledown, Blean,
Canterbury – pressure issues at a plant means water cannot be pumped

CT5 2AB Tankerton Road, Whitstable
– no water or low pressure after a burst main

Hampshire

GU11 3NU Legge Crescent, Aldershot,
Hampshire – low pressure after a burst main

Sussex

RH19 1AW East Grinstead and surrounding
areas – no water, or intermittent supply, with reservoir levels low

The list of areas without water
now covers areas across the South East Water area, with issues in Sussex and Hampshire, and most of the supply failures affecting Kent.

Postcodes affected, listed on South East Water’s website, external, are as follows:

Kent

ME13 9AJ Brickfield Lane,
Boughton-under-Blean, Faversham – no water or low pressure after burst main

ME14 4PA Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone – a repair needs to be completed and the water main may need to be turned off later

ME15 9UD Loose and surrounding areas – low water or low pressure with water storage reservoirs running low “due to neighbouring water companies being unable to give us the bulk supplies of treated water as they normally do”, the company says

ME17 1XD Hollingbourne, Headcorn,
Ulcombe, Kingswood, Sutton Valence and surrounding areas – intermittent supplies
as reservoir levels regain storage

TN2 3PZ Tunbridge Wells –
intermittent supplies

TN4 8BG Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells – no water or low pressure because of issues at a site providing the supply

TN11 8BA Penshurst, Tonbridge – no water or low pressure

TN15 0PY Yopps Green, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks – no water or low pressure

CT2 Canterbury and surrounding areas – pressure issues at a plant

CT2 8DL Ramsey Close, Canterbury –
no water or low pressure because of “unexpected emergency repairs”

CT2 9AA Harbledown, Blean,
Canterbury – pressure issues at a plant means water cannot be pumped

CT5 2AB Tankerton Road, Whitstable
– no water or low pressure after a burst main

Hampshire

GU11 3NU Legge Crescent, Aldershot,
Hampshire – low pressure after a burst main

Sussex

RH19 1AW East Grinstead and surrounding
areas – no water, or intermittent supply, with reservoir levels low