IPSWICH: A number of homes in Ipswich were left without water for several hours yesterday.
The incident happened after a water pipe burst in the Bourne Park area at 9.30am.
As a result around 1,000 homes in the south west area of town were left without water until 3.15pm.
A spokesman for Anglian Water said: “We can confirm that an eight inch water pipe burst causing a leak.
“This meant that approximately 1,000 homes in the town were left without water for a number of hours
“However, our team of engineers were able to re-zone the pipe so that the water supply was restored to our customers at 3.15pm.
“It was quite a large and complex operation as it involved reversing various flows of water.
“We were able to repair the pipe by 5pm. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.”
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