Thousands of people in south London are experiencing a water outage due to a burst pipe. Affected areas include Crystal Palace, Sydenham, and surrounding neighbourhoods with postcodes SE19, SE20, SE23, SE26, SE27, and SW16. Thames Water engineers are working to fix the issue, which is also being compounded by a separate leak at Crystal Palace pumping station. Residents have reported complete loss of water and low pressure, causing inconvenience and disruption to daily life.
People have no water across areas of south London this morning Thousands of people across south London have been left without water this morning with six postcodes impacted. The areas include Crystal Palace , Sydenham and surrounding neighbourhoods with postcodes SE19, SE20, SE23, SE26, SE27, and SW16 affected. People have reported a complete loss of water in these areas and a lack of water pressure.
Engineers are on site to try and fix the issue ‘It doesn’t help when water pressure can drop at any moment and I hope others in the area are not affected too badly.’ Londoners are not happy this morning and many have taken to social media to express their anger. One wrote: ‘More than 12 hours without water in West Norwood. We don’t have water to drink and flush the toilet.’ Others across London have also reported similar issues trying to flush their loos.
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