TENS of thousands of properties in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde have woken up to water supply issues after a mains burst this morning.
A 24-inch trunk main burst in the early hours of Thursday morning near the A726 in Erskine.
Residents in Paisley, Erskine, Bishopton, Greenock and Port Glasgow experienced loss of normal supply, low water pressure or discoloured water.
It had also led to localised flooding and caused the A726 to close between Barrholm roundabout and the roundabout on the approach to the A898.
Water is being backfed from a neighbouring supply zone to allow for quick restoration of supply.
In an update around 1pm, Scottish Water confirmed water supplies should be returning to customers after engineers isolated the burst.
A statement added: "Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused."
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