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A fault at a Southern Water provide works has left tens of hundreds of individuals with out water and compelled faculties to shut.

Southern Water stated the issue had been attributable to a “technical issue” at its Testwood Water Supply Works which meant low strain or a lack of water provide.

Residents in Southampton, Eastleigh, Romsey and the New Forest have been left with out water of their properties.

Southern Water stated that the issue is affecting ten postcodes – SO15, S016, SO40, SO42, SO43, SO45, SO50, SO51, SO52 and SO53.

Ten faculties have been compelled to ship pupils dwelling, Hampshire County Council stated.

The faculties closed embrace: North Baddesley Infant School and Halterworth within the Test Valley, The New Forest Academy, Cadland Primary School and Wildground within the New Forest and Mountbatten faculty Romsey.

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Southern Water apologised to impacted clients and stated it’s working exhausting to revive water provides by Thursday, however warned the difficulty may proceed till the weekend.

It comes because the agency reported lengthy queues at bottled stations which have seen arrange on the People on the Places Leisure Centre in Eastleigh and Sainsbury’s superstore in Southampton.

Southern Water stated they’re persevering with to ship water provides to clients registered on their precedence checklist and estimate that round 58,000 properties have been affected by the difficulty.

They urged clients to keep away from travelling to “other potential bottled water station locations until we confirm they are open”.

Bottled water stations have been arrange, Southern Water stated, and all areas and opening occasions might be introduced as soon as open.

The first one was arrange at Places Leisure Centre in Passfield Avenue, Eastleigh.

Southern Water stated they’ve provided devoted tankers to Southampton General Hospital and Princess Anne Hospital, that are additionally affected by the difficulty.

“The fix at Testwood supply works is ongoing and we hope to complete the initial phase by tomorrow morning,” the agency stated.

“We then need to re-charge our water network and restore supply to homes that were affected. If these works proceed to our current plan, customers should start to see supplies restored during tomorrow, but some areas may take longer.

“We are working towards all customers being back in supply by the weekend.”

A Defra spokesperson stated: “We are conscious of the water provide points in Southampton and Marchwood.

“We are in close contact with Southern Water to ensure that the company is taking urgent steps to support residents and resolve the issue as soon as possible.

“The Government has just announced reforms to double the compensation water companies provide to customers for supply issues like these and from next year, further investment into water infrastructure will provide a much-needed upgrade to services.”