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Hundreds of homes in Kent and Sussex left without water after supply outages

outages in Eastbourne, [East 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

South East Water chair resigns after report into supply issues that left thousands without drinking water

South East Water (SEW) has resigned following a damning report into major supply issues that left tens of thousands of homes without drinking water. Independent non-executive chair Chris Train stepped down on Friday after

South East Water CEO to step down after Kent and Sussex supply outages

report by MPs, who said they had “no confidence” in the company’s leadership. Bosses at South East Water were grilled twice by MPs on the environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) committee over their

MPs accuse South East Water leaders of incompetence over repeated outages

South East Water of incompetence over repeated water outages for tens of thousands of customers, and expressed no confidence in their ability to reform the company. MPs from across the political spectrum said David Hinton

South East Water’s greatest failure was not contacting customers during winter outages, report finds

report was published as South East Water faced further criticism for water outages which saw hundreds of households across Kent and Sussex [without water during the hottest days of the year last week.](https://www.theguardian.com