Southern Water has set up three bottled water stations for locals but one was already out of order on Saturday morning.
About 31,000 properties have been left without water in St Leonards and parts of Hastings after a mains pipe burst. Southern Water said it 'worked through the night' to try to fix the problem, which has left homes in the East Sussex towns without supplies since Thursday afternoon. The company said it could take the whole weekend to fix but that it was 'working as quickly as is safe to do so' and making 'good progress'.
Another resident urged the water company to open a bottle station in the town centre 'like we have been asking all day'. A third local, posting on X, said: 'Dear Southern Water - surely you have a responsibility to get water to people - not expect people to get to you. 'People without transport are unable to pick up in any quantity. Why not drop water at streets affected? Waiting in lengthy queues for water is not ok.
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