Water supplies have been restored following a two day outage. 

Thousands of Southern Water customers now have water after a technical problem at the Testwood works prevented water from leaving the site.

A statement from the company confirmed all properties had supply restored at full pressure just before 2am on Friday. 

Managing director Tim McMahon said: “We are sorry for the disruption caused to customers over the last two days, and would like to thank them for their patience as we worked to restore supply.

“We also apologise to those customers on the Priority Services Register who had to wait an unacceptably long time to receive their water deliveries.

“We’ll review this incident carefully and learn the lessons to improve our processes.”

Homes in Southampton, Romsey, Eastleigh, Totton and parts of the New Forest experienced a loss of water or low pressure after the issue arose on Wednesday.

Some 73,000 properties were affected by the water outage across Southampton, the New Forest, Romsey and Eastleigh. 

The Testwood water works are fully operational and storage reservoirs are refilling, but some customers may notice airlocks and discoloured water when taps are first run.

Deliveries of bottled water continued during the night to households on the Priority Services Register, while three bottled water stations will open as planned at 8am.