Mains water begins returning to 32,500 East Sussex properties after pipe burst

Workers dig down to the burst pipe in Keeper’s Wood. Access to mains water should be fully restored over the course of Monday, Southern Water said. Photograph: Southern Water

Water has started to return to more than 30,000 homes in East Sussex after a main burst three days ago.

Southern Water said in an update on Sunday afternoon that supplies were “gradually being restored” to about 32,5000 properties in St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings.