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Boil Water Notice: Allandale Water Supply

Water Supply Advisory October 2025

We are advising consumers on the Allandale Water Supply to boil all water until further notice.

Water feeding the Allandale Water Supply is drawn from a surface water source, namely the South Opuha River. This river receives much of its water from rainfall draining over the ground surface and into the stream and river, collecting contamination from silts, dirt, debris, and animal waste along the way.

Even when the water is visually clean, it will still have been in contact with these contaminants, and these contaminants may include bugs that can make you sick.

Bugs that make people sick are called pathogens, and it is our responsibility to protect you from becoming sick from pathogens in the water supply.

We treat the water with chlorine to protect you against some of these pathogens, but unfortunately some of them are too strong for the chlorine to be effective. These stronger pathogens remain able to make you sick, and we need to provide additional treatment steps to address them and protect your health.

Each treatment step is called a ‘treatment barrier’ and currently, the Allandale supply does not have sufficient barriers to make the water safe.

We are therefore advising consumers on the Allandale Water Supply to boil all water used for drinking, food preparation and brushing teeth until such time as additional treatment barriers are in place and the water is made safe.

Council is required to provide this advice to comply with the requirements of the government’s Water Services Authority - Taumata Arowai. Ultimately, the rules are there to keep people safe from harm and ensure you can make informed choices about the water you are drinking.

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Boil Water Notice: Albury Community Water Supply

Water Supply Advisory October 2025

We are advising consumers on the Albury Water Supply to boil all water until further notice.

Water feeding the Albury Water Supply is drawn from a surface water source, namely the Opawa Stream. This stream receives much of its water from rainfall draining over the ground surface and into the stream and river, collecting contamination from silts, dirt, debris, and animal waste along the way.

Even when the water is visually clean, it will still have been in contact with these contaminants, and these contaminants may include bugs that can make you sick.

Bugs that make people sick are called pathogens, and it is our responsibility to protect you from becoming sick from pathogens in the water supply.

Each treatment step is called a ‘treatment barrier’ and currently, the Albury supply does not have sufficient barriers to make the water safe.

We are therefore advising consumers on the Albury Water Supply to boil all water used for drinking, food preparation and brushing teeth until such time as additional treatment barriers are in place and the water is made safe.