Southern Water opens bottled water stations in Hastings and St Leonards following burst water main
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Southern said its teams are working around-the-clock to find and fix the burst main, which is located in ‘dense woodland’.
The company’s bottled water stations are now open at the following locations and will close at 9pm and reopen again at 8am tomorrow morning [May 3].
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A statement on the Southern Water website said: “We are continuing to deliver bottled water to our vulnerable customers on our Priority Services Register.
“Our helpline number for vulnerable customers needing access to bottled water as a priority, or for other customer queries relating to the supply interruption, is 0330 303 0368.
“We will provide further updates this evening and we expect this incident to continue into the weekend.
“We are very sorry for the impact and inconvenience this is causing, and are doing everything we can to restore supplies.”
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