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=== 2025 Tunbridge Wells Water Outage === |
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On 29 November 2025, Royal Tunbridge Wells and parts of [[Pembury]] experienced a water outage after it was discovered that water being treated at [[South East Water]]’s Pembury Water Treatment Plant might not be safe to consume{{Cite news |last1=Horton |first1=Helena |last2=reporter |first2=Helena Horton Environment |date=2025-12-04 |title=Water plant that caused Tunbridge Wells supply failure was given risk notice in 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/south-east-water-plant-tunbridge-wells-supply-failure-risk-notice |access-date=2025-12-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}. As a result, 24,000 households and businesses in the area were left without a water supply for six days. A boil notice was then put in place for a further seven days, with customers only being able to directly consume tap water thirteen days after the initial day of the outage{{Cite web |date=2025-12-12 |title=South East Water lifts Tunbridge Wells boil water notice |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9zzjzn8pno |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}. |
On 29 November 2025, Royal Tunbridge Wells and parts of [[Pembury]] experienced a water outage after it was discovered that water being treated at [[South East Water]]’s Pembury Water Treatment Plant might not be safe to consume{{Cite news |last1=Horton |first1=Helena |last2=reporter |first2=Helena Horton Environment |date=2025-12-04 |title=Water plant that caused Tunbridge Wells supply failure was given risk notice in 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/south-east-water-plant-tunbridge-wells-supply-failure-risk-notice |access-date=2025-12-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}. As a result, 24,000 households and businesses in the area were left without a water supply for six days. A boil notice was then put in place for a further seven days, with customers only being able to directly consume tap water thirteen days after the initial day of the outage{{Cite web |date=2025-12-12 |title=South East Water lifts Tunbridge Wells boil water notice |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9zzjzn8pno |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}. |
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