South East Water to pay £30.5m penalty after multiple failures
South East Water staff hand out bottled water in East Grinstead after outages in Kent and parts of Sussex. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAView image in fullscreenSouth East Water staff hand out bottled water in East Grinstead after outages in Kent and parts of Sussex.
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- ▪Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAView image in fullscreenSouth East Water staff hand out bottled water in East Grinstead after outages in Kent and parts of Sussex.
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South East Water staff hand out bottled water in East Grinstead after outages in Kent and parts of Sussex. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAView image in fullscreenSouth East Water staff hand out bottled water in East Grinstead after outages in Kent and parts of Sussex. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PASouth East WaterSouth East Water to pay £30.5m penalty after multiple supply failuresOfwat says repeated errors led to ‘real disruption and hardship for residents and businesses across many years’ Business live – latest updates Lauren AlmeidaTue 14 Jul 2026 03.27 EDTFirst published on Tue 14 Jul 2026 02.45 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleSouth East Water will pay £30.5m after a series of supply interruptions, customer failings and for breaching its licence, regulator Ofwat has said.The watchdog…
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