Breaking: BURST WATER MAIN CAUSES CHAOS LOCALLY
An estimated 15,000 properties across five south London boroughs and two Surrey boroughs including Richmond Borough and Kingston may have no water or low pressure due to a burst water main, Thames Water has said.
The company said the following postcodes may be affected: CR4, KT1, KT10, KT12, KT2, KT3, KT5, KT6, KT7, KT8, SM4, SW16, SW17, SW18, SW19, SW20, TW10, TW16.
Several schools were closed after the water pipe burst in Molesey.
Thames Water said the issue was affecting customers in postcode areas across Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton and Wandsworth in London, as well as Elmbridge and Spelthorne in Surrey.
The company apologised for the lack of water, adding: “Our specialist team is now on site and working to stop the water flooding from the broken pipe.”
Thames Water said it had “rerouted water around the area”, and customers in the Surbiton area should see their water return shortly, although with lower pressure than normal until the pipe is fixed.
“We believe up to 15,000 properties were affected this morning and that has now been reduced to 6,000,” the company said.
“We again would like to say sorry to our customers and reassure those who are still affected that we are working to restore their water supply as quickly as possible.”
In an update the company said: “Our specialist team is now on site and working to stop the water flooding from the broken pipe.
“We’ve rerouted water around the area and customers in the Surbiton area should begin to see their water return shortly, the pressure may be lower than normal, but this will return once we’ve fixed the broken pipe.
“Unfortunately, owing to the location of the burst, it’s likely to take some time to fix.
“We know how disruptive it is if you lose your water supply, so we’ll work hard to get things back to normal as soon as we can.
“Colleagues are delivering bottled water to customers who are registered as water dependent on our free Priority Services Register, we’ll be with you as quickly as possible.
“Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve this.”