Thousands of people in south Bristol were left without water formore than 12 hours after a main ruptured.
The supply was cut off at midnight on Wednesday after the 36-inchmain burst.
Supplies were affected in an area stretching from Willsbridgeacross to Hartcliffe.
Bristol Water hoped to fix the problem overnight and turn thesupply back on by 6am yesterday. But supply was blocked by a stuckvalve in a pipeline. Though much of the area had water back on byearly morning, many people in Whitchurch, Hartcliffe and Withywoodspent half the day without water.
Morris Hollister, of Longway Avenue, said: "We didn't knowanything about this and …
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