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People affected have been told they can collect water from four sites in Conwy, and demand was extremely high on Friday<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Thousands of homes are facing a weekend without water due to a burst pipe, although supplies are starting to return to some customers. <\/p>\n

An estimated 40,000 homes are thought to have been affected by the incident in Dolgarrog, Conwy county on Wednesday, which forced some schools and businesses to close. <\/p>\n

Welsh Water confirmed the pipe had been repaired on Friday afternoon but water would not be fully restored to for “up to 48 hours”.<\/p>\n

The company’s chief executive Peter Perry described the incident as a “catastrophic failure” caused by ground movement, which could not have been foreseen or prevented. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Drone footage shows the repair work continuing at the treatment plant on Friday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast<\/a>, Mr Perry said: “We’ve seen no increases in flow to indicate there was trouble until Wednesday when we saw this catastrophic failure.<\/p>\n

“Conwy, Dolgarrog, Trefriw, Llanrwst, Eglwysbach and few others are now coming back into water. <\/p>\n

“We are doing this as a controlled operation. The last thing we want now is to have further bursts on the system,” he added. <\/p>\n

Welsh Water said supply would come back on at different times for different people and “discoloured water” was normal after a supply interruption.<\/p>\n

The company said thousands of homes had been restored by Saturday morning. <\/p>\n

Some in Conwy town said their water “dribbled” back on at about 04:00 GMT on Saturday morning. <\/p>\n