If you have water during this time, please use it wisely as there are others who do not have the luxury of this need right now.

This is the advice from the Water Department Central Eastern Spokesperson, Maika Nagalu who said the burst main at the Laqere Bridge, which is currently being fixed, is old and has been subject to wear and tear since its construction in 1996 which is why it burst.

Nagalu said areas affected so far are USP, lower parts of Nabua, Raiwaqa, Raiwai, Nasese, Nasova and parts of Suva City.

He said from yesterday, water has been re-diverted from the Tamavua system to try to cater to the affected areas adding it will take some time to normalise which means some areas may not receive water as quick as the others.