Thousands of homes and businesses in Cumbria facing days without water after water main damaged by Storm Ciara
Dr Martin Padley said the company had brought in extra equipment and tankers from the Midlands and Scotland.
The area normally uses about 11 million litres of water a day and engineers are pumping in seven million litres a day. Two GP practices - Shap Medical Practice and Glenridding Health Centre - cancelled appointments on Wednesday because of problems with their water supply.
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