Unitywater Executive Manager Customer Delivery, Rhett Duncan, said extra crews had been rostered on to assist with restoration efforts.
“Unitywater crews have been attending sites where infrastructure has been damaged or power outages have impacted local water or wastewater services and we continue to be ready to respond as quickly and safely as possible,” Mr Duncan said.
“The network relies on electricity to pump wastewater through the pipes, and when the power goes out, it can interrupt this process. We have several sites still without power and are managing this by using generators, tankers or re-configuring the network until power returns.”
Mr Duncan said power outages weren’t the only risk to the water supply during a storm.
On Monday night, the intense wind ripped a tree out of the ground in Beachmere and took one of our water mains with it as its roots had grown around the pipe. It caused a temporary water supply interruption and was a complex job for our crews to repair,” he said.
“Storm season has well and truly begun, and our crews are on the job for you to make repairs as soon as it’s safe to do so.”
Mr Duncan also reminded the community to store 10 litres of drinking water per person in a covered container ahead of predicted storms.
“This will cover three days’ worth of drinking and basic hygiene needs if an outage occurs in your area,” he said.
Visit Unitywater’s outage map to track water outage status updates.
