Have you been Affected by Water Leaks?
July 4, 2006 at 3:43 am
- Have you or anyone you know been affected by a water leak?
- Have you seen water pouring away in a public place and no evidence that the water company was doing anything about it?
- Do you have any photos of the leak?
- Has your house been flooded as a result of a leak that was not your responsibility?
- What sort of response did you receive from your water company?
- Did they provide any aftercare? Did you feel it was sufficient?
Have your say! Send us your comments and photos below.
The change of policy by Three Valleys Water regarding the non maintenance of OSVs
which are situated in the roadway and the charge of £40 for call out, is is against the interest of the consumer and should be changed immediately. The levy of the £34 Standing charge should be more than adiquate for this purpose. If you agree please contact me
There has been a water leak at the junction of Pelham Road and Old Road West for several days.
There is a perpetually wet area in Ockham Road South roughly opposite Oakwood Drive, so I presume there is a leak. The road surface is in particularly bad condition there so it appears to be making the poor road surface worse and possibly dangerous.
A water leak at Newbiggin Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne,Next to Pecks House Farm, Has been leaking since last Thursday!10/05/07 and stlll is, despite reporting it twice ! NO ACTION YET18/05/07 !, this water has been running for 8 days 24Hrs none stop,How much water has been lost I shudder to think,Yet you tell us to preserve it, you can do the opposite! I find this total unacceptable,I will be contacting the local news paper in due course! I await a reply to this incompitence!!!!
My garden has been filling with water every summer for the past 3 years! It has been reported for the last 2 years. The same officer has investigated it for the last 2 years yet nothing ever seems to happen! I have just reported it again for the 3rd year running. Watch this space.
I am going to have to take Three Valleys Water to court over their leaks some of which have been going on for up to SEVEN YEARS – does anyone know under which part of which Water Act companies are required to repair and maintain water mains?
A minor main’s leak on the road turned into a major one. First reported 6th September 2007. Thousands of gallons of clean water flowing into the drain,12 daysin a row, 24 hrs a day nonstop!
Horrifying to think how much water is lost after calls of preservation.
A pool of water has formed 4 ft. away from my front wall. Each passing vehicle splashing without fail and showering my wall.
One lady nearly lost control of her wheelchair after being drenched by a passing car. Numerous pedestrians are splashed with muddy water ruining their clothing. They just shout at the drivers in vain. It’s a very busy road, at times 3 cars per minute.
While my front wall has turned from pure white to muddy brown soaking wet and damp, Anglian Water has only managed to mark and paint the damaged area on the road. No sign of repair starting. No engineer to assess the damage to my property.Total avoidance of the problem.
A water leak has occurred in our service pipe between our water meter and our property. The service pipe runs under public byway and pedestrian pavements, not immediately on our property. The water board say it’s our responsibility to fix it even though it means getting permission from the council to dig up public roads. We have also found out that when the pipes were laid in 1978 – yes only 1978, they were laid without being protected with a layer of sand so when the cement was dropped onto the pipes, the acid from the cement will have eroded the pipes and that’s why there is now a leak. I can’t believe that we are going to have to pay for a repair that is on public land and because of a contractors shoddy workmanship back in 78. I am fuming!!
There was a leak behind my place of work just before the easter bank holiday weekend. They came and dug a big hole and seemingly stopped the leak. The hole is still there today, the 29th of April. Apparently while fixing the leak they broke the sewage pipe and somehow this takes weeks of doing nothing at all to fix! Where the hole is seriously affects our ability to take in deliveries and in fact half a palette of a delivery sadly ended up at the bottom of the hole; the poor delivery men had to drag our stock out of a giant hole full of sewage! Scottish Water have been very difficult to contact etc. throughout it all. Then this morning I took my dog out and there appears to be a leak at the bottom of the road, so I naturally hopped online expecting to be able to report this via e-mail or something, no such luck. Scottish water have an appalling service and a website that’s as much use than a round ruler. I refuse to pay to phone this leak in so needless to say it will stay untouched for weeks, months, years even.
I’ve just reported a water leak to United Utilities. This has been reported three times. They assured me that the leak will be fixed by 5 working days… swimming with water summer time and covered in ice winter time… watch this space!