South East Water reports £74m loss after year of extreme weather

Water firm says dealing with 2022's record-breaking heatwave and other weather events cost it 17m

South East Water has reported a pre-tax loss of nearly 75m, which it blamed in part on the cost of dealing with last year's extreme weather events" including the record-breaking heatwave.

The water firm, which supplies 2.2 million customers in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey, said the weather events cost it 17m.