Water finally restored to some of 30,000 customers hit by week of disruption

South East Water staff hand out bottled water at a water station in Maidstone, after bad weather was blamed for more water outages in Kent and parts of Sussex (Gareth Fuller/PA) -

Water supplies have largely been restored to homes across Kent and Sussex, concluding nearly a week of disruption.

South East Water (SEW) blamed the outage, which began last Saturday, on burst pipes and power cuts caused by Storm Goretti. At its height, 30,000 customers across the two counties were without water or experiencing low pressure.