As temperatures rise across the UK, thousands of homes in London have either been left without running water or are experiencing low pressure.
Schools were forced to shut with Thames Water saying the issue at its Ashford and Hampton water treatment works on Wednesday morning impacted more than 50 postcodes.
#WestLondon Power is back on following earlier issues affecting our water treatment works. Water is returning across the area but it will take time for our system to fully refill. We’re really sorry for the inconvenience. For more details, see https://t.co/xgkrM1AkCj
— Thames Water ???? (@thameswater) September 13, 2023
Since this incident, the water provider has apologised to customers after many were left wondering why their water was not working properly.
“No water in my house in TW6,” one user wrote on X/Twitter, and another user said, “No water since this morning!”
As the pressure continues to rise, the agency wrote on social media and said it was “sorry for the disruption”.
It added: “Following a power issue in West London some customers have no water or low pressure this morning.
Thames Water put out a list of areas impacted by the low water or no water pressure – these are:
South London, including Lambeth, Brixton and more: SW4, SW8, SW9, SW13, SW14, SW15, SW18, SW19.
South West London including Twickenham, Teddington and more : TW1, TW2, TW3, TW4, TW5, TW7, TW8, TW9, TW10, TW11, TW12, TW14, TW17.
In another statement released by the water company at 11:16 am, it said the power supply is now back on Ashford Water Treatment Works and supplies should be starting to return across the area.
