Mourners visiting Great Harwood Cemetery have been left without any water for their loved ones’ graves for months.
Council bosses have been forced to turn off the supply at the cemetery after a water pipe burst costing the council £3,500 in wasted water.
Work began today (Friday, June 18) to fix the problem - but for the past few weeks, many visitors have been left without any water for flowers or to use on loved ones’ graves.
Great Harwood County Councillor Ciaran Wells said: "The most recent information I have had about this is that it should be fixed within a few weeks.
"But this is really an atrocious situation which has been going on for too long.
"Thankfully something now should be done about it, following the volume of complaints they were getting from residents.
"It’s really very embarrassing and has definitely gone on for too long. People have not had water available to use for flowers and the graves of their loved ones.
"Really this is something which needs to be sorted out quickly."
Hyndburn Council Leader Peter Britcliffe expressed concern.
He said: "There is a real problem at Great Harwood Cemetery which saw us lose £3,500 worth of water due to a leak.
"Because of that we have had to shut off the supply. We have investigated the problem, but it has proven to be more complicated than we thought.
"Work will start today (Friday) to sort this out and we apologise that the supply has not been available.
"We got a bill in April which showed we had used £3,500 worth of water more than usual.
"This is nobody's fault it is something which has been out of our control."
