Moren than 400 residents have been left without water for almost 24 hours after a drilling blunder near a housing estate. 

Around 448 people living in the Westercommon flats in Possilpark have been without running water since yesterday afternoon.

Queens Cross Housing Association, which is responsible for the properties, say they are working to fix the problems affecting four multi-storey blocks.

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The Possilpark locals are unable to wash and flush their toilets, and claim they have been left in the dark over when the issues will be resolved.

One furious resident said the situation had been a "catalogue of blunders".

They said: "It's been nearly 24 hours without water.

"You can't flush your toilet, make a cup of tea, can't do anything at all.

"There is no sign of when it will be going back on.

"I called this morning and they said they were doing all they can but they can't say when it will be fixed."

The problem started around 1pm yesterday when a water main was damaged during work by energy contractor Ice Energy.

Although the issue was fixed six hours later, three other pumps were then affected by problems leaving the 448 people without water.

A spokeswoman from Queens Cross Housing Association said: "Our Technical Services team are currently onsite, working with Ice Energy and our specialist subcontractor to repair the damage and restore water to all homes affected as quickly as possible.

"We’re taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety and comfort of our tenants, providing bottled water to all affected households, and providing additional support to elderly and vulnerable tenants."

Ice Energy said a trial hole was made before the work began at the site and contractors were certain they were clear of the water main. 

As the tester hole only reached 1.2m, they did not find the water main which was 1.5m below ground. 

The firm said they had been referencing drawings provided to them which showed the locations of the water main, and believe the illustrations were wrong. 

A spokesman said: "It is very unfortunately that residents have been left without water.

"Our operatives have done everything they can to restore water to the flats. At the time of writing water has now been restored to the buildings.

"Ice Energy made bottled water available to all residents, in particular the elderly and the vulnerable, whilst the water was not available.

"This is part of a scheme extracting renewable energy from the ground to provide low cost, low carbon heating to the residents of these flats."