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17 Feb 2010
The Bega Valley Shire Council on the New South Wales far south coast has issued a boil water alert for people on the Bemboka, Bega, Kalaru and Tathra water supply systems for the next few days.
The council says it is one of the first alerts of this kind for 15 years, but it is only a precautionary measure after the recent heavy rain.
The rain also caused the sewerage system to overflow, and the council has discharged partially treated sewage into the Bermagui and Bega Rivers.
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11 Feb 2010
Health experts probe E. coli outbreak
Residents of Bowen in north Queensland have been told to boil their tap water after bacteria was found in the local supply.
Routine monitoring of the water supply to Bowen has found unusually high levels of E. coli and there are concerns other harmful bacteria may be present.
Queensland Health is working with the Whitsunday Regional Council to determine the cause of the outbreak, with a water specialist due to arrive in Bowen today.
Mayor Mike Brunker says it will be some time before the water is clean enough to drink.
"We believe that it could be due to the fact that we have had a lot of high rainfall in Bowen in the last fortnight," he said.
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12 Jan 2010
A temporary boil water alert had been issued for the township of Ross. Routine tests detected low levels of E coli in water supplied to the town.
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14 Dec 2009
The South Burnett Regional Council advised residents this morning that Kingaroy's water supply scheme is contaminated with potentially deadly E. Coli and is unfit for human or animal consumption The SBRC say that water should be boiled before it's ingested, used in cooking or given to pets.
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09 Dec 2009
Residents in two areas of Launceston will have to boil their tap water before being able to drink it after Ben Lomond Water Released a boil water alert last night.
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09 Dec 2009
Authorities have lifted the boil water alert for Sorell in southern Tasmania.
The alert has been in place as a precautionary measure since Sunday, when elevated levels of bacteria were detected in the town's water supply.
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08 Dec, 2009
FURTHER INFORMATION ISSUED: Launceston's water given the all-clear
BOIL-WATER alerts in Launceston have been lifted.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced it had lifted the boil-water alert yesterday afternoon.
The alert was put in place on Friday night after routine testing recorded a "microbiological failure" at the Hill Street Reservoir.
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08 Dec 2009
Public warned to boil drinking water.
Jerilderie residents are being told to boil their drinking water after the detection of low levels of chlorine.
Authorities say a lack of chlorine could allow E.coli bacteria to develop.
The New South Wales Department of Health says E.coli is generally not harmful but has issued the alert as a precaution.
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07 Dec 2009
Nausea, diarrhoea reported in Coomera.
CASES of nausea and diarrhoea have been reported at Coomera following revelations recycled sewage was pumped into residents' drinking water.
The Weekend Bulletin revealed the new $80 million Pimpama Wastewater Treatment Plant had been pumping recycled sewage into the wrong pipes to more than 630 homes since Tuesday.
The problem was picked up on Friday after a resident complained about the water quality.
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07 Dec 2009
Sorell residents in Tasmania's south east are warned to boil all drinking water until further notice.
The boil water alert for Sorell comes after Rosny and Montague Bay were given the all clear following a weekend boil water alert because of higher than acceptable levels of e coli found in the water supply.
The water supply for Rosny and Montague Bay was flushed out and retested by Southern Water, which is in the process of doing the same for Sorell. "One of the issues with unroofed reservoirs is that the effectiveness of disinfection is reduced by it being in an unroofed reservoir."
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26 Nov 2009
Outback Aussie town to cull invading camels.
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia — State authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small town in Australia's Outback in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies.
The carcasses of camels killed in stampedes at water storage areas are contaminating the water supply.
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13 Sept 2009
Hamilton alerted over dirty water
MORE than 5000 south-west residents are being urged to boil their water before use because of discolouration problems.
Wannon Water managing director Grant Green yesterday warned residents to boil their water as a "precautionary measure" after problems at the Hamilton treatment plant.
"All water used for drinking, food preparation, ice making or brushing teeth should be brought to a rolling boil and cooled before use," Mr Green said.
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