Fault cuts off water supply
HUNDREDS of city residents were left without running water after a faulty valve brought disruption to supplies for parts of the Capital.
Areas of Leith were affected by the problem, which led to taps running dry yesterday morning.
Leith resident Donald McGlynn, 83, criticised Scottish Water for the way the company had handled the disruption.
He said: "The water went off at about 11.45am. I tried to get through to Scottish Water, but all I got was an answer phone message. They've done nothing at all, there isn't even any bottled water laid on – it's ludicrous."
Wendy Allen, 39, a worker at The Leith Walk Cafe, said hot water smelling of burnt rubber had been coming from the cafe's cold taps.
A Scottish Water spokesman apologised and said the problem had been confined to the EH6 and EH7 postcode areas.
The supplies were restored by mid-afternoon.
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