Thousands of people still have no water or low pressure following continuing supply issues in the hot weather.
South East Water has apologised to customers in Whitstable and neighbouring Seasalter for the problems, which started yesterday morning.
Originally, the company said 3,000 homes were affected, but this number has now risen to 4,000.
A bottle station set up at Sainsbury’s in Reeves Way, Chestfield, yesterday has reopened this morning.
South East Water incident manager, Nick Bell, said: “We’re sorry to customers in Whitstable, Seasalter and the surrounding areas who are still experiencing no water or low pressure today.
“While we have seen a partial recovery in our network overnight, up to 4,000 customers may still be experiencing intermittent supply this morning.
“We will be reopening our bottled water station at Sainsbury’s, Reeves Way, Chestfield, Whitstable, CT5 3QS from 8.30am today for customers who may still need to collect bottled water due to issues with their mains supply.
“We will also continue to deliver bottled water to customers in the area on our Priority Services Register.
“This is a free service for those who need additional support, and details about what we offer and how to register can be found here: southeastwater.co.uk/priority.
“We’re continuing to use tankers to inject water into our network to support the Whitstable area and help get drinking water back to customers’ taps as soon as possible.
“Once again, we’re sorry for the inconvenience to customers, and we’ll continue to work hard to restore supplies as soon as we can.”
It comes after thousands more homes in Herne Bay were left with dry taps on Tuesday – the hottest day of the year so far.
The high in Whitstable today is set to be 24C, but could reach 27C tomorrow.
Yesterday, Naomi Smith, Seasalter ward councillor for Canterbury City Council, criticised South East Water, telling KentOnline: “It’s creaking infrastructure – in fact not creaking, just broken.
“Some people are down to a slow trickle, others are without.
“It’s just more of the same. They (the water companies responsible) need to hang their heads in shame.”
