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No water in W12

For those who are just checking this now, there's been no water in W12 for some hours now and Thames water now claim it's due to a burst water main.  But they are giving no indication of when water will be restored to those affected.  Don't bother going to the Current Incidents page at the Thames Water site because apparently they are so incompetent that they have not managed to connect their customer notices to their incidents page.  You have to look for the red text on the narrow left-hand column of their home page to get any information.  And then the information is scant.  See http://www.thameswater.co.uk/

Joanne Jacobs ● 5371d6 Comments

Presumably because of ANOTHER burst water main, this time in Brentford.  Wonder what the record is for the most burst mains in a two month period?

Carol Burge ● 5342d

no water again yesterday. What is going on? Cold shower for me. Yuk!

Vivienne James ● 5342d

And there was the one in Hammersmith Road on Tuesday, I believe.  Would be interesting to know if it is the victorian parts that are going or the replacements?

Carol Burge ● 5363d

Another main went around East Acton Lane yesterday.My guess would be that Thames are deliberately upping the pressure on the Victorian parts of the system so that bursts occur during the school holidays.

Andy Jones ● 5363d

It was pretty strange when it all happened this morning I got woken up by the sound of water being sucked out of the house.  No water since thank heavens for the gym and work!  Was planning a nice relaxing evening at home and waiting to find out what is happening.  Does anybody know what the extent of lack of water is?

Charlotte Cappin ● 5371d

It is bad enough having no water when you have been forewarned but for it just to go must be a nightmare.  Notice in the item on the front page it says Thames Water are directing water from other sites, not sure if this was connected but opposite Thatched House pub in Dalling Road this morning there was a lot of digging and pipes being exposed, plus a lot of water!  Hopefully this is nothing to do with the recent replacement of the victorian water mains, North London had a similar problem earlier this week.

Carol Burge ● 5371d