Water company replacing pipe

[MaloK]

The work is taking place over 4 months, just checked their website and they plan to start on Tuesday 7th Feb and end some time in June. It's replacing an old pipe but doesn't say exactly when the switchover from old to new pipe will be.

I don't think you need to store more water than usual. Just stay alert as when the switch will happen...

In any case, Stop using water for a while as soon as dirt shows-up. Ask your neighbours hows their supply is going after? then flush your home network.

The time I had the most aquariums in my life was when I had the poorest water supply imaginable. and all these tanks survived January 1998 North American ice storm. 3 weeks without power. All fishes survived with nearly no food given, mini water changes, no filtration and I had to re-cycle all tanks "fish in" afterwards. Also nearly all the plants melted.

 

[TNG]

My water company's sent us a letter saying they'll be replacing some old pipes in our area. My immediate thought was is this going to cause an issue for my water supply for my tanks e.g. chemicals etc. The work is due to take place over four months, I was thinking of emailing them but not sure what to ask. Is there anything people would recommend? Or is it worth switching to RO for this period? My other half is actually a window cleaner so we do have access to RO water but I have zero experience with it and not sure how it works, I'd need an idiot's guide so to speak!

The works to replace old pipes may take 4 months, but it’s unlikely that your property will be affected for the entire 4 months. They usually don’t know early on which properties (on what streets) are affected on which dates, so tend to send out a generic letter.

Once works start, they will have better idea which properties on what streets will be affected on what dates.

After they finish work on the main pipeline and switch it over, everyone will be affected. But when they work on minor pipes on local streets, you will only be affected when they do work on the pipes serving your street. So you could be affected twice, switching over of the main pipeline and switching over of the local pipes serving your street (assuming they replace the main pipeline as well as the local pipes).

I’d ask the company if they could let you know the dates of the works that will directly affect your property. It may also help if they can email you the drawing showing the locations of pipes to be replaced.