SCOTTISH Water has been criticised for not acting quickly enough after receiving a call that an elderly Oban woman’s home was being flooded.
Anne Lennox,who turned 79 this week,was in tears after discovering a burst water pipe in her kitchen at 2pm,causing gallons of water to pump into her kitchen every minute.
With the internal stop-cock useless -- as the leak preceded it -- the family and a local plumber hunted for the main stop-cock to the property. Unfortunately,it couldn’t be found so Anne’s daughter,Fiona Fraser,contacted Scottish Water to ask for assistance but it was two hours before an engineer was sent out.
For the full story see The Oban Times,January 26 2012 or on line from the same date at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital
