Townsville and Magnetic Island residents and business owners must immediately restrict water consumption to emergency use only (drinking water and toilets).This means turning off your irrigation and no handheld watering, no showers, no washing clothes or dishes, filling up pools, or washing vehicles or boats.Council continues to work to repair a ruptured 1.3 metre diameter pipe which supplies the Douglas Water Treatment Plant, the city’s primary water treatment facility, and bring the city’s water network back to full capacity.Emergency water use only will help maintain basic supply for everyone and help Council restore full supply to the city sooner.Council officers and staff from external contractors BMD, NQ Excavations and CivilPlus have made good progress in replacing the ruptured pipe overnight. Council thanks these contractors for their support.The ruptured pipe has been removed and work is now underway to install the new section of pipe.It is expected to take at least 24 hours to fully re-charge the water system once the pipe is repaired and pumping has recommenced.During this time, some parts of the Townsville may experience issues with water supply. The city’s water reserves are critically low and being further depleted.A further assessment of the repair work will be conducted around 12pm and an update provided to the community around 1pm.
UPDATE 8PM FRIDAY: TOWNSVILLE residents are now only able to use water to flush the toilet or as drinking water. Townsville City Council has advised that residents and commercial customers should restrict water use to emergency use only. The main pipeline supplying the Douglas Water Treatment Plant was observed leaking around 12pm today. The Douglas plant it the city’s primary water treatment facility. Council staff have isolated the pipe to enable inspection. This inspection should be complete around 9pm tonight by which time staff will know the extent of the damage and how long it will take to repair. Repairs will commence as soon as possible. Council will continue to update the community as more information becomes available.
INITIAL 2PM FRIDAY: RESIDENTS are being urged to start conserving water and stop using water for any irrigation of non-essential use after a supply pipe starting leaking the Douglas Water Treatment Plant.The leaking pipe is the main pipe that feeds into the treatment plant, which is the main water treatment plant for Townsville.Townsville City Council staff are currently onsite assessing the extent of the damage and how long it will take to repair the leak.Council has said will keep updating the community as more information becomes available.MORE NEWS>>>
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