Road Closure on Newmillhouse Road, G74 2LD
Posted: Wednesday 28th May - 09:00hrs
We would like to inform customers in East Kilbride of upcoming work scheduled for 28th May 2025.
Our engineers will be carrying out essential repairs on the network. While there is no interruption to service anticipated, please be advised that a road closure will be in effect on Newmillhouse Road, G74 2LD. We recommend planning an alternative route to minimise any potential delays or disruptions.
The road closure is expected to remain in place until 4th June 2025.
As a result of work on the network, customers may experience some discolouration to their water supply.
If you experience brown water, we advise to allow your cold-water kitchen tap to run at a reduced pressure until this runs clear. Do not run any other taps or use any water appliances whilst doing so and follow the same process with any other taps affected once the water is clear from your cold-water kitchen tap.
If you experience white water, this is air trapped in the supply and will clear within 24 to 48 hours.
We would like to thank all affected customers for their patience and co-operation whilst we undertake this essential work.
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Discoloured Water FAQs
If the water from your cold kitchen tap (or any other mains fed tap) suddenly becomes discoloured, this could be because some maintenance or repair work is being carried out on our network in your area. If we have not informed you of any work being carried out, please contact us for more details. If we are not working in your area, we will investigate the cause of discolouration for you and let you know. For more information please see our factsheet: Colour, taste and odour explained.
In most cases discoloured water is not harmful and can be cleared by running the first incoming cold water tap (usually in the kitchen) at a trickle until it clears. Very occasionally customers have noticed "tiny particles" or "bits" in their tap water. This can be caused by planned or unplanned work to the water supply network which causes natural sediment in the pipes to shift (quite often this is a dark red, brown colour).
Small dark grey or black particles can occasionally be caused if your pipework is made from lead. This is most likely if your house was built before 1970. For more information see our Lead and Your Water pages.
