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in 12 postcode areas are without water while engineers try to fix the issue.<\/p>\n<p>A rest centre has been set up for residents who have been evacuated from their homes due to the flooding.<\/p>\n<p>One local resident called Ash said: ‘The water came all the way down the road, from the bridge all the way down to the train station.<\/p>\n<p>‘I’ve only ever seen this in a tsunami or a hurricane-like situation.’<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Have you been impacted by the water shortage? Email <a href=\"mailto:jasper.king@metro.co.uk\">jasper.king@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"289\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23667906 lazyload\" alt=\"Burst water main Bermondsey.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_259087240-1de4-e1752579176645.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>People in 12 postcode areas are without water in south London (Picture: Steve Cornish\/X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/14\/thames-water-announces-hosepipe-ban-millions-customers-23658133\/\">Thames Water<\/a> spokesperson said: ‘We know some properties have unfortunately been affected by flooding.<\/p>\n<p>‘Our team is on the ground supporting residents. To keep everyone safe, traffic management is in place while work is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>‘Most customers should begin to see their supply come back over the next hour or two. Pressure may be lower than normal at first, but it will continue to build.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"512\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23667909 lazyload\" alt=\"The burst water main.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_259087115-88f7-e1752579541923.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The burst water pipe that has been causing all the problems (Picture: Mark Wood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Postcodes impacted include SE1, SE4, SE5, SE8, SE11, SE14, SE15, SE16, SE17, SW4, SW8 and SW9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tLatest London news\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/09\/fire-rips-block-flats-south-east-london-23616646\/\">Mother screamed ‘my boy, my boy’ after fire ripped through block of flats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/10\/a-real-nuisance-londoners-say-citys-e-bike-boom-23609213\/\">‘A real nuisance’ – Londoners have their say on the city’s e-bike boom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/10\/man-30s-stabbed-death-outside-knightsbridge-casino-23625414\/\">Woman screamed ‘Oh my god’ after man was stabbed to death outside Casino<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>To get the latest news from the capital visit Metro’s<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> London news hub<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>People on X have posted about the lack of water including Lesley McGivern who wrote: ‘There’s a massive water leak. Homes evacuated. Wonder how long it will take Thames Water to sort this out?!’<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Christine Clements wrote: ‘Can you pls advise when the water will be restored after the burst water main in Rotherhithe SE16.’<\/p>\n<p>Another person added: ‘Why is my water pressure so low this morning?’<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T29S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/15\/12\/100323751-0-image-a-4_1752578699291.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-07-15T12:23:04+0100″,”description”:”Thousands of residents of Southwark have been left without water after the main burst.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/07\/15\/2312029517861665602\/480x270_MP4_2312029517861665602.mp4″,”height”:480,”width”:270} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener(‘metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded’, function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === ‘undefined’ || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === ‘undefined’ || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === ‘undefined’) { return; } var player = data.detail.carousel.el_; var container = player.closest(‘.metro-video-player’); var placeholder = container.querySelector(‘.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder’); if (placeholder) { container.removeChild(placeholder); container.classList.add(‘metro-video-player–related-videos-loaded’); } }); Thousands of people across south … <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/thousands-without-water-across-south-east-london-after-burst-pipe-floods-roads\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> “Thousands without water across south east London after burst pipe floods roads”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cost-of-living"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}