Caravan site owner to sue Scottish Water
The owner claims a mains pipe left him with a bill of £200,000
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Friday, 18, Dec 2009 11:25
The owner of an Aberdeenshire caravan park is preparing to take legal action against a water company after a flood caused damage to his site.
Burnside Caravan Park owner Gordon Christie claims that a Scottish Water mains pipe contributed to the incident on September 4th that has left him with a bill of £200,000, the Press & Journal reported.
According to the Morray site supremo, the pipe effectively caused a dam, trapping flood water from the burn which runs through the park and causing its banks to burst.
The flooding caused a bridge to be washed away and also damaged the water pipe, but Scottish Water denies that the repairs to the bank is its responsibility.
"There would not be all the damage in the burn if the pipe had not been there so how can they just walk away from it and leave me to repair it? It's a disgrace," Mr Christie told the newspaper.
However, the firm is standing by its position and said that if the caravan site owner wishes to make a claim then he can, but that it feels the repairs are his responsibility.
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