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East London Water Restored After Major Bursts
13 Aug
Summary
- Thousands of households faced water outages over the weekend.
- Repairs completed on three burst mains in South Woodford.
- Normal water service expected to be fully restored by Friday.

Water supplies for thousands of households in east London and Essex are being restored. The outage affected about 10,000 homes, leaving them with low pressure or no water following a series of burst mains over the weekend.
Thames Water has now completed repairs on the affected pipes in South Woodford, located on High Road, Daisy Road, and Chigwell Road. Engineers are currently working to gradually re-pressurize the network to prevent further issues and ensure a stable return to normal service. The company anticipates that all supplies should be back to normal by Friday.