A boil water alert for the New South Wales (NSW) regional city of Dubbo and some surrounding areas will remain in place for more than a week following recent flooding that caused turbidity to exceed safe levels.
The alert was issued at 8 a.m. on July 7 and covers the areas of Dubbo, Firgrove, Wongarbon, Eumungerie, Ballimore, Mogriguy, and Brocklehurst.
This follows recent flooding in the Macquarie-Wambuul River that caused turbidity levels in Dubbo’s water to exceed the maximum of 0.5, which triggered the boil alert on July 7.
In a statement published on July 14, Dubbo Regional Council (DRC) said both the council and NSW Public Health are working to “expedite the dilution of the city’s reservoirs in order to lift the boil water alert as soon as possible.”…