Thousands of homes across London have been left with low water pressure or no supply at all following an issue at Thames Water today.
The water provider has apologised to its customers, saying that a ‘power supply problem’ caused the issue.
‘We’re really sorry if you have low pressure or no water. It’s been caused by a power supply problem which has affected our Ashford and Hampton water treatment works in west London,’ a message on their website said.
‘We’re working hard to fix the issue and to get things back to normal.’
As the company revealed in an updated statement this afternoon, the power issue is fixed but ‘it’s likely to take some time for the supply system to refill and for water to fully return to the whole area’.
Is your postcode one of those affected? Here’s what you need to know…
Which postcodes are affected by the Thames Water outage?
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Thames Water has said 54 postcodes in London are affected by the current problem.
These stretch across all parts of the capital, from Central London as far as parts of Croydon.
The affected postcodes are as follows:
London postcodes affected by Thames Water outage – full list
- Central and West London – W1H, W1H, W1M, W1N, W2, W3, W4, W6, W7, W10, W12, W13, W14
- North and north-west London – N1, N5, N15, N16, N17, NW1, NW2, NW10
- South London -SE1, SE11, SE16, SE17, SW4, SW8, SW9, SW13, SW14, SW15, SW18, SW19
- East London/City of London -EC1V, E5, E8
- Twickenham/Hounslow and surrounding areas – TW2, TW4, TW5, TW7, TW8, TW10, TW11, TW12, TW14, TW17
- Croydon – CR4
- Harrow – HA0
- Uxbridge – UB1, UB2, UB6
- Kingston and surrounding areas – KT1, KT2, KT3, KT8
When will the supply return to normal?
Thames Water has not given any indication as to when the supply might return to normal.
They have advised customers that they will provide further updates on their website as soon as they have more information.
You can also keep an eye on Twitter for updates here.
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