Sydney north shore residents face third day without water after main bursts

Water outages have hit residents around Lane Cove on Sydney’s lower north shore after a ‘complex’ water main burst. Photograph: Graham Turner/The Guardian

A burst water main has left residents in parts of Sydney’s lower north shore without water for three days and caused chaos on roads and public transport.

Water continued to gush on to Epping Road in Lane Cove on Monday, three days after what Sydney Water called a “complex” water main burst.