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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

South East Water warns over survival as funds dry up

Volunteers and employees from South East Water fill cars with water bottles at a water collection point
South East Water employees help residents during a water supply outage in East Grinstead, UK, in January. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

South East Water has warned there is “material uncertainty” over its survival, after a disastrous year in which the lossmaking company paid millions of pounds in fines and its chief executive was forced out.

The water supplier to 2.4 million customers said it had sufficient funds to make it through to July 2027. However, “shortly after” the utility will need “new loan facilities in order to continue as a going concern”, it said in its annual report published on Friday.

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