28/05/2026
The Chief Executive of South East Water is off. Now we need new and better leadership at the top of South East Water – and urgent action to fix its problems.
Lots of you had low pressure over the last few hot days, and for some, water supplies failed altogether – yet again. And why? Just because we had a few days of very hot weather.
We know heatwaves like this are going to become much more common and we need a water system that can cope.
Thank you to everyone who signed my petition calling for the Chief Executive to go – I handed it into the head of water regulator, Ofwat, last week. I used the opportunity to put him in the picture about how bad things have got, and to flag to him the problem of 1000s more houses being built in this area in the years ahead.
New leadership provides an opportunity for South East Water to start rebuilding public trust, introduce a different management style and bring new ideas to solve problems such as managing supply on hot days.
We also need proper compensation for people and businesses who have been without water in recent outages.
I will keep pushing for improvements. Please email me with any experiences you would like me to pass onto Ofwat and/or the new leadership at South East Water.
