Current water restrictions |
Safe to drink?Yes The water is safe for drinking. It is filtered and disinfected to meet the strict guidelines for safe drinking water. It can be used for drinking, cooking, making ice, cleaning your teeth and for showering or bathing. |
Drinking water treatmentTreatment processCoagulation, flocculation, dissolved air flotation, filtration, disinfection, pH correction. Chemicals used in the processLime, aluminium chlorohydrate, chlorine. |
Water qualityWe test the water quality regularly. View the test results Statement of Water Quality for food businesses, if required. |
Water supplyYour water is piped to you through the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline (Supply System 2) and treated at the Warracknabeal Water Treatment Plant before being piped to the township. Your water comes from the Grampians Headworks Storages. The "headworks" is the area in and around the Grampians ranges and Wimmera River. It includes 11 reservoirs and diversion weirs and the streams and channels connecting them. GWMWater maintains the infrastructure of the headworks, while the independent Storage Manager manages the water resources. |
Sewerage servicesNo Septic tanks in use. Contact Yarriambiack Shire Council for further information. |
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