A BURST water pipe has left entire neighbourhoods without running water and turned a quiet road into a muddy mess.

Severn Trent was called to action this morning (August 16) to the pipe which left a footpath looking like a river and a road unpassable on West Bank, in the Berry Hill industrial estate, in Droitwich.

The incident was first spotted at around 9.30am leading to residents waking up with little to no water and Severn Trent issuing a message to the public.

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All residents in the WR9 postcode could have been affected according to the company which led to the text which said: "We are very sorry if you are experiencing lower water pressure or no supply at this time.

"We have identified a burst water pipe which is causing this.

"Our engineers are on site working to repair this as quickly as possible to get your water supply flowing as normal.

"We are sorry for any inconvenience this may be causing."

The pipe burst on the industrial estate and so whilst lorries struggled to pass through the diversions, it could have been a lot worse.

The water reached knee height resulting in workers moving their cars from a car park, however one driver was too late. 

Steve Wright who was working nearby, said: "It's pretty bad, there has been loads of work going on since the incident 

"We were working and we saw loads of cars going the wrong way and the traffic so decided to wander down to see what was happening. 

"It's like a river, the footpath is gone and it's flooding onto the road, it's unpassable. 

"I've been here for about 30 minutes, rumours are a workman hit a pipe."

Despite causing quite a mess, it was not all doom and gloom as dogs Max and Lady were able to cool off after chasing after a stick.

Max and Lady cooling offMax and Lady cooling off (Image: Newsquest)

At least three vans and three water tankers were on site to fix the issue. 

A Severn Trent spokesperson said: "We’re sorry to anyone who may have little or no water this morning, this is due to a burst water pipe on Berry Hill.

"We have engineers in the area working hard moving water around the network in a different way, as well as using tankers to put water directly into the network of pipes to get the water back on.

"It’s our absolute priority to make sure everyone’s water is back on and the pipe is fixed as quickly as possible.”