UPDATE - BOIL WATER NOTICE – Summit View Estate and Taylors Road Kingaroy
Council advises the Boiled Water Notice for Summit View Estate and Taylors Road remains in place. Council has sampled multiple areas and are waiting for the verification sample results.
Council and coregulators, the Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water and Queensland Health, will not lift the boiled water notice until a minimum of two cleared samples across two days are clear of any microbial contamination.
All other areas of the Kingaroy water supply scheme are clear and Council will continue to monitor the area adjacent to the Premier Drive reservoir. There is no additional risk to any other areas, and the Gordonbrook Water Treatment Plant is operating as normal. The Kingaroy town water supply is sourced from a blend of Gordonbrook Dam and Boondooma Dam water.
Council will continue to conduct verification monitoring with an excess of 50 water samples a week across all drinking water supply schemes. Results from this testing has detected the presence of bacteria in the reticulation network for Summit View Estate and Taylors Road Kingaroy. Council immediately notified the relevant government agencies and issued a boiled water alert as a precaution on Thursday 16 March 2023.
Special care is advisable for certain customers at this time; these include people with severely compromised immune systems (the immunosuppressed), individuals receiving dialysis treatment and aged individuals.
Residents should refer to Council’s Boiled Water Alert for affected areas and are encouraged to contact Council if they require further information on 4189 9100.
