Southern Water says it's 'hopeful' supplies will gradually return over the course of Sunday after strict quality checks are completed.
Tens of thousands of frustrated residents in East Sussex are without water for a fourth day after a pipe burst in remote woodland. Southern Water said the problem had now been fixed but that it would take 'some time' to restore supply. 'Once the water has passed stringent quality tests, supplies will start to return for customers,' it said. More than 32,000 properties are without supplies in St Leonards and parts of Hastings, with four bottle stations set up in the towns.
30am on Sunday, the water firm said it was 'working hard to get our treatment works at Beauport up and running, which it is now, but it will take some time for water supply to return'. The outage began on Thursday and forced some schools to close, as well as businesses such as Hastings' White Rock Theatre. East Sussex county councillor Godfrey Daniel said the effect on businesses would be 'drastic' and one hotel was having to flush toilets with seawater.
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