MPs accuse South East Water leaders of incompetence over repeated outages

Emergency water distribution stations had to be set up in the Tunbridge Wells area last year after a substantial outage. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

MPs have accused the leadership of South East Water of incompetence over repeated water outages for tens of thousands of customers in a damning report, and expressed no confidence in their ability to reform the company.

After publication of the report, SEW announced the resignation of its independent non-executive chair, Chris Train, saying new leadership was needed to “oversee a critical period of positive, transformative change”.