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Glasgow Live
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Kirsty McKenzie

Low water supplies to 20,000 homes in Glasgow due to faulty valve

Around 20,000 homes were left with no or low water after a faulty valve caused interruption to Glasgow's water supplies.

As r, residents across the city faced disruption to their water supply this morning.  

Scottish Water said it had received a high volume of calls from residents in the west, south and north of the city with homes across G12, G20 G23, G41, G61, G62 areas affected.

The company apologised and said in a statement: "We have identified a fault with a valve on our network which caused an interruption to the water supplies for customers in several areas of  Glasgow  this morning.

"The issue has now been resolved and the network is starting to recover; however, it may take a few hours for the system to fully recharge.

"While the supply is being restored please be aware that you may experience no water supply, low/intermittent pressure, or discoloured water."

A spokesman said: "We would like to apologise to customers who have experienced disruption to their water supply this morning.

"We understand the inconvenience this causes and appreciate everyone's patience while our team completed a repair in order to restore supplies as quickly as possible."

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