{"id":95627,"date":"2025-03-14T16:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=95627"},"modified":"2025-03-15T19:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T19:37:07","slug":"primary-school-forced-to-close-for-third-time-in-two-months-as-lisvanes-water-supply-dries-up-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/03\/14\/primary-school-forced-to-close-for-third-time-in-two-months-as-lisvanes-water-supply-dries-up-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary school forced to close for third time in two months as Lisvane&#8217;s water supply dries up again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Residents say they want compensation for 18 water outages in just over a year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>CHILDREN have been sent home from a primary school for the third time in two months due to persistent water outages in Lisvane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Llysfaen Primary School was forced to shut its doors yesterday (March 13) after parts of the area were left without water for the eighteenth time in just over a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This particular outage was caused when Wales and West Utilities workers maintaining gas pipes in the area accidentally struck a water pipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Welsh Water lorries, carrying 2,500 litres of drinking water each, were deployed while work was carried out to fix the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, regardless of the reason, the latest incident highlights the scale of the problem for the people of Lisvane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-10-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-10-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-10-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Children were sent home in the afternoon. <\/strong>Credit: Haris Armstrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"941\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/mark-hallett-941x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/mark-hallett-941x1024.jpg 941w, 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class=\"wp-image-95881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/mark-hallett-941x1024.jpg 941w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/mark-hallett-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/mark-hallett-770x838.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/mark-hallett-1412x1536.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/mark-hallett-293x319.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/mark-hallett-1400x1523.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/mark-hallett.jpg 1882w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Mark Hallett has been in regular contact with Welsh Water over the issue. <\/strong>Credit: Mark Hallett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since January 2024, there have been 18 water outages according to resident Mark Hallett, who is calling for compensation from Welsh Water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey (Welsh Water) maintain that they are not liable to pay any compensation because the interruptions have been for less than 12 hours,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere apparently is no limit on the number of interruptions that we have to endure before they provide a rebate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that they have failed to invest in the basic infrastructure for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Welsh Water <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watermagazine.co.uk\/2025\/01\/31\/welsh-water-bills-set-to-increase-by-27-to-fund-4bn-investment\/\">announced last month<\/a> that household customers&#8217; bills will rise by 27% for 2025-26, from \u00a3503 to \u00a3639.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sally Thomas, who lives close to the school on Mill Road, believes that the issue could also be caused by the recent surge in housing developments in the north of Lisvane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think the increased building work is putting too much pressure on the pipes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of them are old and only used to run up to old Lisvane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a real problem for the past six to twelve months. It happens a couple of times every two or three weeks and Welsh Water don\u2019t give us any reason as to why.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more from The Cardiffian<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/28\/its-a-daily-thing-on-my-street-the-persistent-fly-tipping-that-plagues-riverside-and-canton\/\">The persistent fly-tipping that plagues Riverside and Canton<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/11\/they-are-killing-the-high-street-shop-owners-fume-as-council-set-to-axe-free-parking-in-canton\/\">Shop owners fume as council set to axe free parking in Canton<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/25\/non-existent-bus-services-will-struggle-to-cope-after-200-new-houses-given-go-ahead-in-lisvane\/\">200 new houses given go-ahead in Lisvane<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>This view is shared by an elderly resident who lives next to the school and wished to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have had the roads being dug up for all sorts of reasons recently, but I actually wonder whether it\u2019s the actual water infrastructure that can\u2019t cope with all the buildings going up around here,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two major housing developments have been given the green light in Lisvane in recent years, including developer Redrow&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/25\/non-existent-bus-services-will-struggle-to-cope-after-200-new-houses-given-go-ahead-in-lisvane\/\">200 new homes at Church Farm<\/a> project, which was recently granted planning permission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Cardiffian<\/em> approached Redrow for comment but the company is yet to respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These issues come less than two years after Lisvane and Llanishen reservoirs, owned by Welsh Water, were brought back into operational use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Adobe-Express-file-8.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Lisvane and Llanishen Resevoirs reopened in summer 2023. <\/strong>Credit Google Maps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;We lose a lot of customers&#8217;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Wales and West Utilities confirmed it was the cause of yesterday&#8217;s problem, saying: \u201cWe are working in the Heol St Denys area of Lisvane to upgrade the gas network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYesterday (March 13) while we were working, a water pipe in the area was damaged causing a temporary loss of water pressure. Our colleagues from Welsh Water attended and together, we resolved the issue quickly that afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sorry for any disruption this might have caused.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Welsh Water spokesperson said: \u201cFollowing damage to our main by a third party yesterday morning some properties in the Lisvane area had interrupted supplies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our crews were on site promptly and despite some challenging aspects to the repair, everyone was back on supply by mid-afternoon.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, whatever the reason, persistently being left without water is having a big impact on residents and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H20 hair studio, run by Rebecca Blakely, had to close yesterday because of the outage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fifth time in a month and a half that we have had to shut,\u201d said salon worker Lisa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWelsh Water don\u2019t tell us why, but we end up losing a lot of 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