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Water Crisis: 17,000 Properties Hit, MP Demands CEO Resignation

1/15/2026

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Seventeen thousand properties in Kent and Sussex were without water for five days due to burst pipes and power cuts from Storm Goretti.
Conservative MP Helen Grant called for the resignation of South East Water chief executive David Hinton, citing leadership failures.
The Prime Minister called the situation unacceptable and urged urgent infrastructure investment.
South East Water apologized, is restoring supplies, and providing bottled water.

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Seventeen thousand properties in Kent and Sussex were without water for five days due to burst pipes and power cuts from Storm Goretti.
Conservative MP Helen Grant called for the resignation of South East Water chief executive David Hinton, citing leadership failures.
The Prime Minister called the situation unacceptable and urged urgent infrastructure investment.
South East Water apologized, is restoring supplies, and providing bottled water.