Thousands without water supply after reservoirs ‘reach critical level’

Water bottles being handed out at a water collection point at a Sainsbury’s near Whitstable, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

Thousands of people in Whitstable are without water supply during the hot spell of weather as storage reservoirs for the area “reached a critical level”, South East Water said.

Pictures show traffic and queues of people lined up at a bottled water collection point at a Sainsbury’s near the Kent town on Thursday, as the water company said 8,000 customers were without supply.