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30,000 HOMES HAD A WEEKEND WITH NO WATER
Jaimee Hodgson and Neil Holt from AllClean Pressure Washing handed out free water in Crosby
Pressure washing firm praised for helping out PRESSURE washing company AllClean Pressure Washing was praised after it set up a base outside St Michael’s High School in Crosby to give away free water. The firm, which had access to a water hydrant, posted on social media: “If you are after water please bring whatever containers you have and we will give you water free of charge.” Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, meanwhile, were praised by Marion Fraser, 89, from Litherland, after she contacted them to say she had no water and a group of firefighters delivered some bottles to her house! She told the Champion: “I was so grateful to them. They turned up in their big fire engine with some two litre bottles of water for me. I think they deserve some recognition.”
Burst pipe caused supply to be cut to households across south Sefton with residents forced to queue for hours at emergency bottle stations Report by Tom Martin HOUSEHOLDS across south Sefton endured a weekend without any water supply due to a burst pipe, with many residents forced to queue for hours to use emergency bottle stations. Around 30,000 properties across Litherland, Bootle, Crosby, Seaforth and Waterloo woke up on Saturday morning to either no water or very low pressure due to a burst pipe on Church Road. United Utilities (UU) staff worked throughout the weekend to fix the problem and taps started to flow for most homes by Sunday evening. The company said on Monday that the water pressure will begin to return to full power over the coming days, but could be discoloured. UU officials added that residents should not contact them for compensation as this will be done “automatically.” Such was the scale of the water shortage that Sefton Council declared a ‘major incident’ and
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The burst water pipe left Church Road underwater and unpassable for vehicles.
water bottles were delivered to vulnerable residents and care homes. With many supermarkets quickly selling out of water, ‘emergency water bottle stations’ were set up at a number of locations, with hundreds of cars queuing up. More than 120,000 bottles of water were handed out at these water stations and UU’s priority service customers and nursing homes received 10,000 bottles. One desperate resident from Litherland reportedly drove as far as Warrington in order to get his hands
on bottles on water. Many local businesses were affected and unable to open. Rock Salt, on Coronation Road, posted on social media on Sunday: “Due to the situation in Crosby at the minute with no water we are unable to open.” A spokesperson for United Utilities said: “We’d like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding over the weekend. “We’re really sorry for the disruption to your water supply, caused by a large burst on Church Road. The Continued inside
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