Hawea residents
are advised to boil their drinking water after routine
testing found low levels of e-coli in the town’s
reticulated supply.
The requirement to boil water for
drinking and food preparation will remain until three
consecutive days of testing show a nil result . Please
be advised the water will be chlorinated as a
precaution.
The source has not been identified but the
most common source of e-coli in lake-sourced water is
run-off from surrounding
land.
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