Residents have been warned to not drink faucet water after a pipe fault at Rawburn remedy works, with bottled water hubs arrange throughout the area.
Houses and companies throughout southern Scotland stay with out water for a fourth straight day after a fault at a remedy works left 1000’s of shoppers struggling.
Individuals in elements of the Borders have been warned to not drink faucet water after harm was found to a pipe at Rawburn Water Therapy Works on Tuesday.
Round 6,000 properties have been affected initially, with regular provides restored to 4,200 by Thursday.
An extra 1,800 properties in areas together with Duns, Eccles, Coldingham, Chirnside, Paxton, Coldstream, Burnmouth, Lamberton and Drone Hill have been anticipated to have water again by Friday morning.
Scottish Water stated it “absolutely appreciates the inconvenience this disruption continues to be inflicting to some affected properties”.
John Griffen, water operations common supervisor, stated: “We’re happy to have restored regular provides for almost all of the affected properties and can proceed to work to do likewise for these nonetheless affected. We’re focusing all of our efforts on the areas the place there are nonetheless properties with out water.
”We’d once more wish to apologise to all affected clients for the inconvenience prompted and thank them for his or her endurance and understanding as we work to resolve the matter for all properties.”
Bottled water assortment factors have been arrange, with the primary one at Berwickshire Excessive Faculty.
Extra smaller bottled water assortment factors proceed to be replenished on the following areas:
- Lammerview, Chirnside, Duns TD11 3UN
- Swinton Kirk, Fundamental St, Swinton, Duns TD11 3JJ
- Reverse Greenlaw City Corridor, The Sq., Greenlaw, Duns TD10 6UD
- Gavinton Village Corridor, Duns, TD11 3QR
- Eccles Village Corridor, B6461 Fundamental Road, Eccles, Kelso TD5 7QP
- Birgham Cemetery, Coldstream, TD12 4NG
- Village Corridor, Whitsome, Duns, TD11 3NA
- Foulden & Mordington Parish Church, TD15 1UH
- Hill View, Coldstream, TD12 4ED
- Paxton Village Corridor, Paxton, TD15 1TE
- Hutton Village Corridor, Hutton, TD15 1TS
- Fogo Church, Fogo, TD11 3RA
- Phone Field, St Leonards, Polwarth, TD10 6YR
- Fundamental Road, Leitholm, TD12 4JL
