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Thousands of homes affected by burst water main

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The water main burst on Tenniscourt Road

Thousands of homes were left with either no water or disrupted pressure after a large burst water main.

Bristol Water said the burst main on Tenniscourt Road affected supplies in Kingswood, Warmley, Cadbury Heath, Longwell Green and Oldland.

A total of 9,291 properties were initially affected. Bristol Water said repairs were completed at about 20:15 GMT.

"We've now completed the repair to the burst and our teams are working to recharge the network. Once this is complete, we will carry out routine water mains flushing to remove any air or discolouration from the network," a spokesperson said.

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"Customers in the affected areas will start to see their supplies return this evening.

"Our bottled water stations will remain open for any customers who need water until 10pm.

"We are sorry for the disruption caused to customers and thank them for their patience while we complete this work," they added.

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Seven schools were closed due to the incident on Friday:

  • Sir Bernard Lovell Academy in Oldland Common
  • Digitech Academy in Bristol
  • King's Oak Academy in Kingswood
  • King's Forest Primary School in Bristol
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School in Kingswood
  • Cadbury Heath School
  • Barr's Court Primary School in Longwell Green
A row of cars next to crates of bottled water on the left hand side.
Customers queued up for free bottled water provided by Bristol Water

Katherine Ogden, principal of King's Oak Academy in Kingswood, said she had no choice but to close the school.

"In these scenarios, we have to make sure that there is water available on site for things like catering and normal school functions, so when we don't have any water facilities that's really quite challenging," she said.

A woman with long brown hair, wearing a black puffer coat with her hood up, and carrying bottles of water
Carole Nesbitt had struggled to find bottled water for sale

One resident from Warmley said they noticed there was no water when they woke up at about 04:00 to feed their baby.

"We went to Asda for opening at 06:00 to make sure we had enough water for bottles for the day and there were already queues of people with trolleys full.

"Apparently they'd sold out of water by 08:30," they said.

Carol Nesbitt, from Warmley, said she was heading to her brother's house in Kingswood to deliver some bottled water.

She said it had been hard to find some in stock as Sainsbury's and Iceland had sold out early in the morning.

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