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Storm related water supply issues in Harrietville, Bright, Porepunkah and Wandiligong
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27 Feb 2013
Residents in Harrietville, Bright, Porepunkah and Wandiligong are being urged to restrict their water use to essential needs.
It follows anticipated heavy rainfall in the fire affected Ovens River Catchment today, which has pushed a large amount of sediment into the Ovens River.
Executive Manager Operations, John Day, said the Corporation has contingencies in place until conditions resolve.
“Our normal treatment processes at Harrietville and in Bright aren’t designed for such dirty water that’s now flowing into the system”, said Mr Day.
“While water is safe to drink in Bright, Porepunkah and Wandiligong, residents are asked to reduce their usage essential needs to ease demand on the system.”
“Water is now being carted into Harrietville from Myrtleford and customers are asked to conserve water to reduce truck traffic on local roads.”
“The boil water advisory at Harrietville remains in place and residents should continue to bring drinking water to a rolling boil.”
Mr Day added, “We’ll be using water carting trucks to supply Harrietville in the short-term, but possibly for a longer period due to bushfire sediment that’s likely to flow into the river from the catchment in coming weeks.”
Customers will be kept updated and informed of any changes over the coming days.
For further details please contact North East Water on 1300 361 622.