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| Reading and Wokingham residents with no water or low pressure | Reading and Wokingham residents with no water or low pressure |
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| Thousands of people in Berkshire have been left without water or are experiencing low pressure following a pump failure. | Thousands of people in Berkshire have been left without water or are experiencing low pressure following a pump failure. |
| Thames Water said 26,000 properties in Reading and Wokingham were affected when a pump at Earley failed. | |
| The company said the fault occurred at about 06:30 BST. | |
| At least three schools - Hillside Primary, White Knights and Leighton Park School - have closed as a result of the problems. | At least three schools - Hillside Primary, White Knights and Leighton Park School - have closed as a result of the problems. |
| Earlier Thames Water said at least 5,000 customers were without water. | |
| It added engineers were currently on site and said it would work to fix the problem as soon as possible. | |
| The water company said it was now hoping to reroute supplies from elsewhere, and added six thousand homes in Woodley had already had their supplies restored. |