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National watchdog increases pressure on South East Water By Victoria Roberts WHILE Kent and Sussex buckled down for the first day of a hosepipe ban yesterday (June 27), water regulator Ofwat has demanded an “urgent” meeting with South East Water (SEW) to address the ongoing water crisis, while threatening potential “action” against the supplier. The first day of the hosepipe ban coincided with a burst water main that left Five Oak Green withOut water for several hours, while further burst pipes and leaks
were reported in Crowborough and Tunbridge Wells. Although reports of burst pipes and other leakages have been
South East Water has blamed increased demand during hot weather for water outages widespread, SEW has blamed increased demand during hot weather for water outages in and around Tunbridge Wells and across the South East. On Monday (June 26), Ofwat wrote
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Wednesday June 28 | 2023
an open letter to SEW Chief Executive David Hinton, asking for an urgent meeting and criticising the company’s lack of resilience. Highlighting a pattern of supply problems in both winter and summer, Ofwat Chief Executive David Black said there had been “a freeze-thaw event in December 2022 in which 286,000 properties were impacted, and a high-demand event leading to up to 6,000 properties experiencing supply interruptions, low pressure, or being off supply during the week of 12 June 2023”. Continued on page 3
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