Assessing the job
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Assessing the job
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 25 Jan 2023
Scottish Water personnel looking down into the hole caused by a burst water main. On 24 January 2023 a major water main, carrying water from Mugdock Reservoir to Glasgow burst at the junction of the A81 (Glasgow Road) and the A809 (Auchenhowie Road), causing major flooding in the area and affecting the supplies of around 100,000 properties in Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire. Scottish Water later said a 3ft (91cm) main had ruptured. Most of the damage to the roadway here was caused by the water from the burst pipe, rather than the digger. To further complicate the issue, it appears that there are major power cables running close to the pipe here. The man in the centre is using Catscan instrument to locate these in the hole.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.937418
Longitude
-4.311703