South East Water hosepipe ban to affect 2.4 million people

"deeply sorry and incredibly grateful to everyone helping us protect water supplies"

— Douglas Whitfield , Executive

"appalled, calling it the direct result of years of underinvestment in upgrading infrastructure and building resilience"

— Josh Babarinde , Politician

"We understand there can be issues in infrastructure but this is the third time in a year that we've had to close due to a lack of water."

— Toby Cooper , Other

"SEW had a responsibility to get a grip of its network."

— Mike Keil , Executive