Updated at 3.07pm: Mid-Levels residents faced an annoying start to their day on Thursday ? no water. Many of them turned on their showers and taps only to see small trickles of brown, sludgy water emerge.
At 5am, the Water Supplies Department received a report that the principal water main at Hornsey Road ? which is supplied by the Conduit Road reservoir ? had burst.
Water Supplies Department senior-engineer Suen Kwok-keung told SCMP.com: ?Once we were alerted to the problem, we immediately sent all available staff there.?
The main areas of Mid-Levels affected include Robinson Road, Seymour Road, Castle Road, Caine Road and parts of Conduit Road. ?Robinson Road was the worst hit as most of the buildings there are supplied by the burst water main,? explained Mr Suen. ?Only half of Conduit Road was affected because the end near Kotewall Road is supplied by the Kotewall Road Reservoir.?
Because a smaller water main from the Conduit Road reservoir was still operating, some households found they had water but pressure was very weak. Most reported having no water, however.
One affected resident, Avey Cortes, a production assistant at Turner, said the water shortage caused considerable inconvenience.
