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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sandra Laville

Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’

Two people and a dog standing in a flooded football pitch.
A flooded recreation ground in Molesey, Surrey, on Monday 28 September after a Thames Water main burst. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Schools, businesses and homes across seven boroughs in England were hit by a Thames Water outage on Monday, from a burst water main reportedly leaking 750 litres a second.

About 6,000 properties across five south London boroughs and two Surrey boroughs had no water supply or low pressure, Thames Water said.

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