Tunbridge Wells businesses count cost after water crisis forced shops to close for daysShops, restaurants and hotels remain under strainView 5 Images Chaos fell upon Tunbridge Wells when water shortages forced businesses to close for days (Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)Just weeks after water supplies resumed, Tunbridge Wells' water crisis continues to cast a shadow over the town. During two weeks in late November and early December, 24,000 Tunbridge Wells customers went without drinking water . Julian Leefe-Griffiths, owner of the Tunbridge Wells Hotel, felt the consequences immediately. View 5 Images Julian Leefe-Griffiths, owner of Tunbridge Wells Hotel (Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)Speaking to the Express, he said: “It was terrifying. View 5 Images Essence staff Kannan Chinuappa, Bibi Roy and Roger Pout (Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)"Influencers encouraged residents to shop locally.