MORE than 100 properties were without water last night as work was carried out to repair a burst water main in Worcester.

Water flooded onto Cotswold Way, Warndon, yesterday after the main reportedly burst on Monday night. Business owner Nicola Payne reported the incident to Severn Trent Water via their website before 8.30am yesterday but five hours later, no one had come to inspect the problem.

She said: “I think it had started last night as there was a small patch of water on the road, but it was much worse this morning.

“The tarmac and the kerbstones have lifted, the water is just gushing everywhere.”

A total of 105 properties were affected last night – in Shipston Close, Sudgrove Close and two properties in Northleach Close – as repairs were carried out on the eight inch water main.

A spokesman for Severn Trent Water said: “We aim to deal with any report of a leak as quickly as possible and most repairs are turned around within a day, but some take longer due to the circumstance of the job.

“Severn Trent Water apologises for any inconvenience this may have caused and aims to fix the problem as soon as possible.”

The leak comes just over two weeks after bosses at Severn Trent Water said rainfall was down to almost a third of what it should be across Worcestershire.

As we reported in your Worcester News on June 11, Severn Trent Water said its reservoirs needed a prolonged spell of wet weather to recover following one of the driest periods on record.

But a return to seasonal average rainfall during the first three weeks of June, together with action taken by Severn Trent and its customers to conserve and manage water use means that there is now a reduced likelihood of water restrictions this summer in the majority of the region.

Martin Kane, customer services director, said: “We would like to thank our customers for continuing to use water wisely throughout this period and assure them that we are doing all we can to conserve supplies and maintain a continuous supply of water.

“We are continuing to monitor the situation, particularly in north Staffordshire, where we have recently taken action to use ground-water supplies to allow Tittesworth reservoir to recover after the long dry spring. This area is still the most vulnerable to any potential restrictions.”