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Burst Water Main At Junction of A99 and March Road Cuts Water To Part Of Wick
A burst water main at the junction of March Road and the A99 just outside Wick resulted in the water having to be turned off for part of Wick up to the Caithness General Hospital from the South side of town today Tuesday 28 May 2002.

The burst happened when an old cast iron main pipe burst.  these cast iron pipes were laid in the early 1950's and corrosion is now affecting them.  This has been anticipated and the water authorities are now engaged in replacing these pipes around Caithness.

This particular burst was reported to Scottish Water who sent out a team to check and the water supply was switched off about 3.30pm to effect repairs.  It was anticipated that the plastic pipe repair would be effective and the water would be built up to pressure gradually and all supplies should return to normal by about 6.00pm