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Headingley residents despair over ten year water leak
Residents are in despair over a water leak that dates back 10 years.
A constant stream of water has been trickling up from underground at Ash Grove for at least a decade.
Despite the best efforts of residents to get Yorkshire Water to fix the leak it has yet to be plugged.
Residents are concerned that a cold snap will turn the road into a sheet of ice.
They are also questioning the quality of the existing pipe work.
"No-one ever seems to get to the source of the problem, which I imagine is the Victorian water pipes," said resident Anne White, who reported the current leak at the beginning of the summer.
"They frequently dig up the road and never achieve anything."
She added: "It's not spouting, but there is a constant stream. It's just such a waste of water and it needs fixing properly, not just patching up."
Sue Buckle, a Headingley homeowner and community campaigner, added: "The leak on Ash Grove has been "mended" at least twice before now, but then water starts coming up in other parts of the road.
"It is as if contractors have simply resurfaced the road to cover up the water, rather than getting to the bottom of the issue," she added.
Laura McBride, 22, who also reported the issue after moving to the street in July, said that she had stopped parking her car there due to the depth of the water.
"Our road is constantly wet," she said
A Yorkshire Water spokeswoman told the Yorkshire Evening Post that the leak would be fixed by the end of Tuesday.
Workmen did not arrive until Thursday and far from having the leak under control, had left a four foot square water-logged hole, which was still there when the YEP went to print.
Yorkshire Water – which has known about the current leak since March – says the leak is located somewhere along a four-inch cast iron water pipe.
The spokeswoman said: "We understand why people who live in the area have become frustrated, particularly if they believed all the leaks were coming from the same burst, but we would assure them we have always tried to respond as quickly as possible and we have actually carried out a number of repairs."
Residents say that they will only believe the job has been done when they see it with their own eyes.
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