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Sussex](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/east-sussex), on Sunday afternoon. At least 250 homes remained without water on Monday. South East Water said extra demand for water was causing shortages for customers: “As a result of the recent
shortages if dry weather persists. Other parts of the UK, however, are likely to fare better with normal- to above-normal river flows in the north-west and western Scotland. Rainfall in April
Sussex](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/25/south-east-water-homes-kent-sussex-supply-outages) over the last three days during record temperatures, and asked its customers to use their water only for drinking, washing and cooking. On Monday 670m litres of drinking water was used
Kent, Surrey and Sussex. SEW describes its leadership in official communications as having a “family feel”, but the environment, food and rural affairs committee of MPs said they were better described as “an unaccountable clique