Thousands of homes and businesses in south London are experiencing water outages or reduced supply following a burst pipe in the Crystal Palace area. Thames Water has apologized to customers and deployed engineers to repair the leak and restore water service. Bottled water is being delivered to those on the priority services register, including schools and a care home. Thames Water is also setting up a bottled water station and working to replenish water levels in the affected area.
Thousands of homes and businesses in south London have been left without water or have reduced supply after a pipe burst in the Crystal Palace area.
A spokesperson said: "Bottled water will be delivered to customers on our priority services register." And added it was contacting customers in those areas who had pre-registered as having "special requirements", such as being medically reliant on water, to ensure they were given specific help and support.
"We have tankers in the area to infuse the network with water, and impacted properties should see their water supply return over the course of the day while our reservoir replenishes."
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