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Hundreds of homes in East Sussex remain without water after supply issues
Hundreds of homes in East Sussex are still without water after flooding caused issues at a treatment works. About 700 properties in around Alfriston have been affected by outages which began on Wednesday. Sue Woodgate, business manager at Drusillas Park zoo, said they had to use bottled water to flush the toilets as there was no water at the site. Matthew Dean, from South East Water, apologised to those who have "no water or intermittent supplies this morning". "Our teams are continuing work to resolve the issues at the water treatment works to restore supplies as soon as possible," he added.

'No water'
Mike Pickard, incident manager at the water company, told BBC Radio Sussex the treatment works had been "affected by the floodwater that we're seeing throughout the South East". He explained the water was "drawing in further residuals and contaminants into our supplies," which has been "overwhelming" the facility. "We just can't clear the water enough in order to put it into the supply," Mr Pickard said. Areas affected by the outages include Berwick, Wilmington, Laughton. South East Water is opening up bottled water supply sites.

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