Ofwat warns on South East Water outage as Severn Trent, United Utilities shares fall
London, Jan 13, 2026, 19:47 GMT Shares in London-listed water utilities dropped Tuesday as regulators and politicians ramped up scrutiny on South East Water following a fresh outage that left around 25,000 homes in Kent and Sussex without steady water supply. Severn Trent slid 2.6%, United Utilities lost 1.9%, and Pennon closed down 1.7%. (Investing Investing Investing) Ofwat, the regulator…