Villagers are still struggling to access running water after they were cut off on December 23 and left without tap water on Christmas Day. Families in Llandogo and Trellech in Monmouthshire have been badly affected, with some having to collect water from a stream just to flush their toilets.
Welsh Water has been providing bottled water to residents and says that the "vast majority" of customers have water - but as of Tuesday afternoon, many were still struggling to get a consistent supply. Jonathan Parsley, who lives in Llandogo with his wife Skye, said: "Everyone has had to travel to Monmouth to collect bottles of water from the Premier Inn car park. They’ve made the odd delivery to ‘vulnerable’ people but sadly we don’t fall into that category so neighbours have kindly been delivering to us.
"We were fortunate enough to travel to family on Christmas so we didn’t suffer, I can’t imagine how it must’ve been for our neighbours though struggling without water. We are having to collect water from a nearby stream so we can flush the toilet. If it wasn’t for the stream for us nearby would been a total nightmare. I do think that like last time they could have done with dropping water off or at least put a collection station nearer than a 20-mile round trip."
