Water firm facing £22m fine as Ofwat gets tough

SOUTH East Water is to be hit with a £22m fine for repeated supply problems in Kent and Sussex from 2020-23, affecting more than 286,000 people.

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Ofwat said the firm had “failed to maintain supply-system resilience” and also failed to plan to make sure it could deal with any high demand. Issues left the system “more likely to fail” during difficult spells such as when froze