RESIDENTS of St Leonards and some parts of Hastings will have no water supply this evening (May 2) due to a burst water main.
Southern Water has set up bottled water stations, which will close at 9pm today and reopen at 8am tomorrow. They are available at:
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- Asda in St Leonards, TN37 7AA
- Tesco in Church Wood Drive, St Leonards, Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9RB
- Sea Road, Hastings, TN38 OAG
Southern Water issued a statement, which said: “We’re sorry that customers in St Leonards-on-Sea and some areas of Hastings are likely to lose their water supply today.
“This is due to a burst water main which has meant our water supply works at Beauport is not receiving the normal flow with which to supply our customers in the area.
“Supply disruption will centre on St Leonards and the west of Hastings.
“Our teams have been working flat out since early this morning (May 2) to pinpoint the exact location of the burst main.
“Once we have pinpointed the exact location we will need to carry out significant repairs which could take more than 24 hours and restarting our supply works is also likely to take a number of hours.
“Our teams will be working around the clock to repair it and restore supply, but unfortunately, we expect this incident to continue into the weekend.
“We are delivering bottled water to our vulnerable customers on our Priority Services Register.
“Our helpline number for vulnerable customers needing access to bottled water as a priority, or for other customer queries relating to the supply interruption, is 0330 303 0368.
“We are also setting up bottled water stations for customers. These will be open later today (Thursday, May 2) and will remain open tomorrow and into the weekend.
“We will provide further updates this evening. We are very sorry for the impact and inconvenience this burst main is causing, and are doing everything we can to repair it and restore supply.”
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