Hundreds affected as Newtown water main bursts

Hundreds of homes in Newtown were left without water for more than 10 hours after a mains pipe burst.

Up to 600 properties on the Vaynor estate were affected over the weekend. Severn Trent said it had worked hard to resolve the problem and had handed out bottled water to residents left without a supply.

Councillor Joy Jones, mayor of Newtown and who also lives on the estate, said: "The water first went off at about 5pm on Friday night but we were back on by about 3am on Saturday.

It affected the entire estate, which is about 600 properties, so it caused a lot of chaos.

"But by yesterday morning many properties were left without water again because the pipe burst again."

I was lucky because mine wasn't affected.

"I think Severn Trent managed to fix the pipe yesterday.

"They have been offering bottled water to everybody who has been affected which has helped ease the situation.

"A lot of people rely on the water especially those with young families.

"It's been very manic on the estate.

"I think most of us were left without water for more than 10 hours, some people may have been off for longer."

She said Severn Trent officials had been doing all they could to help residents.

"I personally think they have done a fantastic job," she said.

"Severn Trent isn't to blame when things like this happen because no one has any control as to where and when a pipe is going to burst."

A spokeswoman for Severn Trent said the water burst had involved a six inch mains pipe on the estate.

"The burst pipe affected 595 of our customers on the Vaynor estate and we worked hard to get most of them switched back on by Saturday morning," she said.

The spokesman added: "Some 23 properties were left without water for longer but we managed to get everyone back on by yesterday morning.

"We would like to apologise to everyone for the inconvenience caused."

By Anwen Evans