Mount Isa City Council is advising people to boil water in Camooweal this week.
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That's because it is undertaking water infrastructure remediation works and town water tanks renewal works which began Monday morning and ends 4pm Sunday, September 20.
Council said the proposed works involve the replacement of the existing header tank and will obstruct the chlorination of water supplied to the town during this time.
During this works period, the water supplied by Council at all Camooweal residential and business properties will not be chlorinated.
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As a precaution, residents are advised that water for consumption should be brought to a rolling boil. Water should then be allowed to cool and stored in a clean container with a lid and refrigerated.
Cooled boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, cooking, washing raw foods (such as seafood or salads), making ice, pet's drinking water and cleaning teeth.
Dishes should be washed in hot soapy water or in a dishwasher. Children should take bottled or cooled boiled water to school.
The boil water notice is for the period of the works ending 4pm Sunday.
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
