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Burst Water Main – Broughton

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Updated: 06:00 15 August 2025

Welsh Water would like to apologise again to our customers in Flintshire for the disruption caused by the burst water main in Broughton. We expect the disruption to continue until at least Friday evening.

The fault is impacting on water supplies to customers in the following communities: Flint, Holywell, Ffynnongroyw, Greenfield, Llanerch y Mor, Mostyn, Oakenholt, Talacre, Whitford, Queensferry, Shotton, Connah's Quay, Garden City, Hawarden, Mancot and Sandycroft.

We will be working overnight and remain on the ground supporting customers until supplies are fully restored. This includes delivering bottled water to our vulnerable customers, supporting care homes and hospitals, and managing our three water bottle stations.

Customers whose water supplies are affected can collect an alternative water supply at:

  • Jade Jones Pavilion, Flint CH6 5ER
  • Park & Ride Car Park, Deeside Industrial Park, CH5 2NY
  • Car Park at County Hall Car Park, Mold CH7 6NF

The compensation arrangements have been confirmed with affected household customers set to receive £30 for each 12 hours they have been without water supply.

Business customers will receive £75 for each 12 hours they have been without a supply. They will also be able to claim for any loss of income – more information is available on our website and the application process will be open as soon as we restore all supplies and the incident has ended.

Please be assured our teams are working hard to resolve this significant incident as quickly and safely as possible.

We have issued an open letter to our customers here.

More information is available here.

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Water resources

The water resource position of Welsh Water’s area of supply is relatively strong.

Around 95% of our water resources originate as surface water either from reservoir storage or river abstractions. We have very little dependence on groundwater supplies. This reliance on surface waters can increase vulnerability to short periods of low rainfall as river levels change more quickly than groundwaters.

All Welsh Water’s abstractions are licensed by Natural Resources Wales and the Environment Agency who are responsible for ensuring the sustainable use of water resources in Wales and England. These licences set the maximum volume and rate at which water can be abstracted each day throughout the year. Rivers in Wales have high ecological status and licences are set to ensure that this is maintained. Releases from Welsh Water’s reservoirs during dry spells help to maintain river flows.

Keep an eye on this page to see how levels change.


Our Water Resources Management Plan

To ensure that water is available to our customers when it is needed and in the quantity required, Welsh Water prepares and maintains a Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), which forecasts over a 25 year period the supply and demand balance across our water supply area.


Our Drought Plan

To ensure we are able to manage water and maintain supplies during extremely hot and dry weather conditions, Welsh Water prepares and maintains a Drought Plan. This document sets out the key indicators of drought and the operational strategy, management structures and communications plan that would be implemented during a drought.

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