PRODUCTION has now resumed at Greenock Water Treatment Works after today's loss of supplies.

Around 13,000 households were left cut off after Loch Thom froze and the intake was blocked.

Emergency bottled water sites were set up at Battery Park and Waterfront Leisure Centre by Scottish Water as divers worked at Loch Thom to clear the blockage.

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Thanks to their work, customer supplies will be restored throughout the evening, although this process will take time.

Storage tanks within the network which supplies homes and businesses in Greenock, Gourock, Inverkip, Wemyss Bay and Skelmorlie are gradually refilling.

It is expected to take several hours for all supplies to return to normal.

Road tankers will meantime continue to be used to bring extra water into the area in order to speed up the water network’s recovery - and the bottled water distribution points will also remain in place for as long as they are needed.

A spokesperson for Scottish Water said: “Water distribution points remain open and we would ask customers to only go to these if they absolutely need to. We expect the water supply for all affected customers to be back on during the course of the next few hours.

“We would like to thank customers in Inverclyde for their understanding and support today while our team has been working in challenging conditions to restore production of drinking water.

“Extra resources will remain in place to support the network’s recovery and to assist customers until their supplies are restored – but we would like to reassure customers that their normal supply is expected to return soon.”

You may experience discoloured or cloudy water after your supply returns tonight.

If this occurs, run the cold kitchen tap at half pressure until the water runs clear.