Properties left without water in Hereford

A large number of properties are without water in Hereford this morning after a water pipe burst.

A Welsh Water spokesperson said: "We are dealing with a burst water main in the Puston area of Hereford, which means that customers in the South of Hereford City  may currently be experiencing discoloured water, or have no water supply. These areas affected include Belmont, Newton Farm, Redhill and Whitecross, Kings Acre, Putson, Hinton and Hunderton areas.

"We are on site dealing with the burst but this will impact on water supplies to customers throughout today.

"Customers who may be impacted are being be updated by automated text message (landlines or mobile). We are providing updates on our website and also on our Twitter and Facebook accounts and ask customers to check these regularly.

"We will be liaising with key sites in the area including schools and providing bottled water directly to those vulnerable customers in the area such as those on dialysis, on our additional needs register. 

"We wish to apologise again for this and wish to assure you that we are doing everything we can to put things right and restore drinking water supplies as quickly as possible."

A number of schools have been forced to close because of no water. You can see the latest school closures here.