The latest from South East Waterpublished at 19:43 GMT 1 December
We’ve now had an additional statement from South East Water, confirming that more than 5,000 properties have had their supplies restored.
South East Water’s Incident Manager Matthew Dean, said more were anticipated to see their drinking water return throughout the night and into Tuesday morning.
“The number of properties currently without water is around 18,000,” he said.
“As water supplies return, customers may experience discolouration. This is normal and happens when naturally-occurring deposits, which settle and build up within our network of water mains over time, are disturbed.
“Our Pembury treatment site is now back up and running after it stopped working on Saturday night due to a water quality issue.”
