Hastings left without water after pipe bursts on ‘biggest’ weekend for business

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Up to 31,000 properties left without running water after pipe bursts in Hastings

he is set to miss out on vital income after a pipe operated by Southern Water burst leaving thousands without running water.

As well as it being a bank holiday, Mr Kingham said the seaside town of Hastings was expecting “tens of thousands to come down” for theFive schools, three colleges a leisure centre and a theatre in the area have also been forced to close.Helena Dollimore, the Labour MP candidate for Hastings and Rye, warned how some businesses were potentially set to lose “hundreds of thousands of pounds” because of the disruption.

“Southern Water is a disgrace,” the local politician said, adding: “It needs to get the water back on and look at compensation for the business affected.” “ the state of our country, where you can’t turn on the tap and expect to see water,” he told PA news agency. One esident is retired teacher Mark Pierce, 55, who lives in Hastings town centre but does not have care, has been left without running water since Thursday night.

 

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