Residents without water in Northampton neighbourhood as Anglian Water investigate potential leak

Residents have been left with no water in a Northampton neighbourhood this morning (Monday February 6).

Some residents in the Far Cotton area have no water at all, and some are experiencing low pressure issues.

Anglian Water has said engineers are investigating a potential leak.

The area affected is between Delapre Crescent Road, Eagle Drive, Mereway and Kingmaker Way.

The water company posted on its website just after 9.30am. The statement says: “We’re really sorry but some customers in Northampton and surrounding areas may have very low water pressure or no water at all.

"We are aware of loss of supply in the area and we are working hard to identify the cause and get your supply back to normal as soon as possible.

"Our systems indicate that this could be caused by a leak in the area.”

The company asks for any leaks in the area to be reported to them via phone on 03457 145 145.

Find out more about the incident here.

Anglian Water has been contacted for further comment and for an estimated time of when supply will return to normal.

UPDATE: Anglian Water has identified a burst water main and say they are “working hard to get it fixed”. The company expects the issues to be resolved by 5pm.

FURTHER UPDATE: The leak has been isolated. 14 properties remain affected by low pressure.

An Anglian Water spokeswoman said: “The wider area of Far Cotton’s water supply was effected this morning at approx. 0930hrs due to a burst main located on Pleydell Rd, Northampton.

“Our engineers responded promptly and have since isolated the leak to recover the water pressure in the wider area with now only 14 properties experiencing low pressure. These properties are on the same road as the burst main.

“Traffic management and our operations team remain on site and we anticipate the repair will be completed by first thing tomorrow morning. We are extremely sorry for any issues this has caused to our customers and are teams are working hard to reduce the time water is at low pressure.

“For further updates please do check In Your Area on our website as we will update this as the repair progresses.”