East Kent: Supplies should have returned, Southern Water says

Bottled water collection points opened in Aylesham and Manston

Supplies should have returned to about 9,000 properties in east Kent, after some had been been without water since Friday evening, Southern Water says.

The water company said teams had successfully got supply works running again overnight.

"It will take time for our reservoirs at Adisham and Aylesham to recover," a spokesperson said.

The company said it had made a decision to close the bottled water stations at 13:00 GMT on Sunday.

'Water too dirty'

About 9,000 properties in Adisham, Ash, Aylesham, Bekesbourne, Bridge, St Nicholas-at-Wade and Monkton were affected, Southern Water said.

Bottled water stations were opened at Aylesham Leisure Centre, Aylesham, and Manston International Airport, Manston Road, Ramsgate.

Southern Water said "very heavy rainfall" led to the deterioration of water quality in underground wells.

Tim Mcmahon, Southern Water's director for water, said on Saturday: "Water isn't getting filtered as well as it should through the ground, which means the water is too dirty.

"We have had to turn the water supply works off, and this had led to 9,000 properties being impacted."

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