Southern Water says supplies have returned in East Sussex

Water supplies have returned to hundreds of homes in parts of East Sussex after 10 days of supply issues, a water company has said.

Southern Water said it had rerouted water to about 4,900 customers.

The company has apologised and said the issue was caused by a leaking pipe affecting supplies in Rye, Winchelsea and Camber.

A water bottle station in Western car park in Camber will remain open until 21:00 BST.

"All our customers are now back on supply," a Southern Water spokesperson said.

"Around 350 customers who had low pressure or intermittent supply were brought back into supply overnight."

It said it was still feeding water into some households via tankers to "limit supply interruptions and low pressure while we recharge the network".

Meanwhile, Southern Water said it had been using sandbags and hay bales to stop sewage flooding into people's homes and gardens from a burst pipe in Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards.

"Unfortunately, this is a significant repair that will require more than 40 tankers, six nurse tanks and four hydraulic pumps to fix," a spokesman said.

The burst was discovered while Southern Water staff were carrying out riverbank improvement works as part of a £5m project to reline sewers in the area.

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