Anger over burst main that deprived 31,000 East Sussex properties of water
by Jon Ungoed-Thomas, Aneesa Ahmed and Geneva Abdul from Environment | The Guardian on (#6MJDE)
Water bottle stations set up in St Leonards-on-Sea and part of Hastings as Southern Water customers face days without service
Southern Water was criticised this weekend for overseeing a debacle" after a mains pipe burst, leaving 31,000 properties in Hastings and St Leonards without water.
There were long traffic queues leading to just four bottled water stations after supplies were cut off on Thursday. Businesses are expected to lose thousands of pounds, with the firm likely to face compensation claims.
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