On 21 October 2026 the main supply water pipe from the nearby reservoirs failed at the junction of Ďáblická and Žernosecká streets in Prague 8. According to Tomáš Mrázek, spokesman of Pražské vodovody a kanalizace, it supplies several tens of thousands of customers.
The repair required a shutdown that was to begin on Wednesday 21 October at around 10 p.m. Completion was planned for Thursday 22 October, in the morning according to one source and in the afternoon according to another.
Residents of the Ďáblice and Prosek housing estates south of Liberecká street and of the Krocínky area were to be left without water. People in part of the Ďáblice housing estate and in Ďáblice-sever were to experience reduced pressure. Water supply to Poliklinika Prosek was not affected by the failure. Pražské vodovody a kanalizace announced that tankers and bottled water in containers would be provided.
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Chronology
- — Pražské vodovody a kanalizace announced that, because of a failure of the main supply water pipe in the north of Prague, several tens of thousands of customers in Ďáblice and Prosek will be without water from about 10 p.m. on Wednesday 21 October 2026 until Thursday, with tanker trucks to be placed in the area. Pražská Drbna iDNES.cz
Sources
- Pražská Drbna — 21 October 2026
- iDNES.cz — 21 October 2026