Overview
- Operations at Pembury Water Treatment Works have restarted after the site was cleaned following the faulty chemical delivery.
- South East Water says more than 5,000 properties have been reconnected, leaving about 18,000 still without water as the system repressurises.
- The company has tankered over five million litres into the town and distributed at least 369,000 litres of bottled water, with priority deliveries continuing.
- School closures and business shutdowns persisted for a third day, with long queues at collection points and vulnerable residents struggling to access supplies.
- Local MP Mike Martin called for CEO David Hinton to resign, the government called the disruption unacceptable, and the company pledged a full investigation once service is restored.