BBC News<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n An animal park has described the challenges it is facing after being left without water for three days following a major burst main which has affected thousands across Flintshire.<\/p>\n Family-run Greenacres Animal Park in Mancot is ferrying water to more than 300 animals including birds, camels, wolves and highland cows while they wait for supplies to return.<\/p>\n “The community has really pulled through and people have been turning up with bottles and giving us what they can,” said Beth Hall from the park.<\/p>\n Welsh Water said it expected supplies to be restored to everyone by Sunday after repairs to a burst water main in Broughton<\/a> were completed on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “Some of the animals will drink many, many litres of water, and we’re going around the site with around 60 plastic bottles to refill everything.”<\/p>\n Two Cymru Premier matches have also been postponed<\/a> due to the water disruption.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It has also affected residents and businesses in Flint, Holywell, Ffynnongroyw, Greenfield, Llanerch y Mor, Mostyn, Oakenholt, Talacre, Whitford, Aston, Queensferry, Hawarden, Ewloe, Northop and Deeside.<\/p>\n Beth said the animal park was using a small utility vehicle to move water around the site, which has been forced to close temporarily.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “We have so many bottles now and we’re going to have to do something with all this plastic,” she said.<\/p>\n “We were on hold [on the phone] with Welsh Water for over an hour but we just can’t get through.<\/p>\n “I appreciate they are probably manic with calls but it’s frustrating not knowing what’s going on.<\/p>\n “We did get an automated call this morning which said we should get the water back tonight but it’s a worry that things will slip backwards.”<\/p>\n The water company has apologised for the inconvenience caused by the burst main, which required a complex repair.<\/p>\n It said it was trying to restore supplies as quickly as possible over 310 miles (500km) of pipes, while bottled water stations remained open in Flint, Shotton and Mold.<\/p>\n Temperatures have been forecast to reach 25C (77F) on Saturday while forecasters warned parts of Wales could see a fourth heatwave<\/a> so far this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Greenacres](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8dda\/live\/b23231d0-7aa2-11f0-83cc-c5da98c419b8.png.webp\")
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