M6/M7/M8/M25/M27, Manchester

Reference number
08013405
Last Updated
Issue type
No water/poor pressure/discoloured water

Status : Active

Discoloured water advice

Incident updates 5 in total

Our team will remain onsite throughout the night working closely with another organisation in order to begin the repairs safely. Repairs to our network can be harder to fix than we first thought, and take longer than we hoped to complete, thanks for your understanding and sorry for the inconvenience.

We have received a number of calls from customers letting us know that their tap water is discoloured.

This has happened because of a disturbance in the water mains in your area. Historical sediments that have built up over time in the water pipe have been disturbed causing discolouration to your water. This normally happens when we have carried out a repair or have replaced a section of water main.

We know it doesn’t look nice but don’t worry, it’s unlikely to be harmful and will settle down again with time. You can help by letting your cold water tap run at a slight trickle until your water runs clear again.

In the meantime we’ll be keeping an eye on this to make sure your tap water returns to normal again as quickly as possible. Please take a look at our discoloured water page for more information.

Discoloured water advice

No water/poor pressure/discoloured water

No water/poor pressure/discoloured water