Water supplier in England urges 'essential' use only due to pressure from lack of rain and hot weather
Parts of Kent and Sussex have been affected by water supply issuesPeople have been asked to only use water for essential purposes as supply issues affect parts of Kent and Sussex.
South East Water is asking customers to keep usage to essentials like drinking, cooking and hygiene to help refill the network.Two schools have been forced to close as they have no water.The water company said the lack of "significant rainfall" since the end of April has put considerable pressure on their ability to "treat, pump and supply water".
In a statement on Monday, South East Water said: "Due to temperatures soaring across our region in recent days, and the prolonged dry weather we’ve experienced for the last six weeks, we’re having to pump much more drinking water to customer taps than normal." The firm said two bottled water stations in Rotherfield Village Hall in Crowborough and Mayfield Memorial Hall in Mayfield are due to open later.
Two schools in East Sussex, Beacon Academy in Crowborough and Rotherfield Primary School, have been forced to close due to no water.
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