Yarra Valley Water Has Issued A Contaminated Water Warning For 88 Suburbs In Melbourne

Following storm damage

Yarra Valley Water has issued a contaminated water notice for 88 Melbourne suburbs after electrical damage due to last night’s storm led to non disinfected water entering the water supply.

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The storm damaged a chlorinator at Silvan Dam, which has resulted in untreated water entering the system.

Yarra Valley Water are urging customers not to drink their water unless it is boiled.

AFFECTED SUBURBS

ATTWOOD	FAWKNER	OLINDA
BAYSWATER	FOREST HILL	PARK ORCHARDS
BAYSWATER NORTH	GLEN WAVERLEY	PLENTY
BLACKBURN	GREENSBOROUGH	RESEARCH
BLACKBURN NORTH	GREENSBOROUGH	RESERVOIR
BLACKBURN SOUTH	GREENVALE	RINGWOOD
BORONIA	HEATHMONT	RINGWOOD EAST
BOX HILL NORTH	KALORAMA	RINGWOOD NORTH
BROADMEADOWS	KANGAROO GROUND	ROXBURGH PARK
BULLEEN	KILSYTH	SILVAN
BUNDOORA	KILSYTH SOUTH	SOMERTON
BURWOOD	KINGSBURY	SOUTH MORANG
BURWOOD EAST	LALOR	TEMPLESTOWE
CAMPBELLFIELD	LILYDALE	TEMPLESTOWE LOWER
CHIRNSIDE PARK	LOWER PLENTY	THE BASIN
COBURG NORTH	MEADOW HEIGHTS	THOMASTOWN
COLDSTREAM	MELBOURNE AIRPORT	VERMONT
COOLAROO	MERNDA	VERMONT SOUTH
CRAIGIEBURN	MILL PARK	VIEWBANK
CROYDON	MITCHAM	WANTIRNA
CROYDON HILLS	MONBULK	WARRANDYTE
CROYDON NORTH	MONT ALBERT NORTH	WARRANDYTE SOUTH
CROYDON SOUTH	MONTMORENCY	WARRANWOOD
DALLAS	MONTROSE	WESTMEADOWS
DONCASTER	MOOROOLBARK	WOLLERT
DONCASTER EAST	MOUNT DANDENONG	WONGA PARK
DONVALE	MOUNT EVELYN	YALLAMBIE
DOREEN	MOUNT WAVERLEY	YARRAMBAT
ELTHAM	NORTH WARRANDYTE
EPPING	NUNAWADING

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Yarra Valley Water gave the following advice about keeping water healthy:

Boil water in a kettle with an automatic cut-off or on the stove until it boils strongly, with a rapid stream of air-bubbles from the bottom of the kettle or pan.
Once you have boiled the water, allow it to cool.
You can store it in the fridge in clean, closed containers for drinking or food preparation – you do not need to boil it again.
Take care not to injure or scald yourself when you handle boiling water, especially around children

Unboiled water can still be used for showering, toilets, washing dishes and clothes and watering gardens.