Families have been left without running water for months – forcing one man to take showers in his garden. Residents say they are still waiting to be connected to a main supply 10 weeks after their water source dried up. The houses usually draw water from a nearby well.
The families have now gone more than two months without running water – leaving them no choice but to live off bottled water provided by United Utilities. Jean Mulhall, 88, says she has been prescribed anxiety medication over the ordeal following a decline in her mental health.
“I’m nearly 89 - it’s just hard. It’s awful,” she told the Manchester Evening News. “I’ve been to the doctors and he’s put me on some tablets to calm me down.
