{"id":21714,"date":"2013-01-28T09:29:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T23:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=21714"},"modified":"2020-09-30T13:07:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T03:07:44","slug":"emergency-water-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/28\/emergency-water-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Water Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>January 28, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flood damage to infrastructure has forced the South Burnett Regional Council to extend Emergency Water Restrictions across the region, effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Damage to numerous sections of the water network has occurred in all towns across the region, particularly in Murgon, Wondai, Kingaroy and Nanango,&#8221; a Council statement this morning said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As such, Council is invoking Emergency Water Restrictions across the Region effective immediately. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under these restrictions, no external water use is permitted except for animal welfare. Town water use is also requested to be kept to a minimum within the home and use tank water wherever possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Council crews will be working throughout today and continue into the week to repair the damage and restore raw water supplies from creeks when floodwaters recede. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Further advice will be provided as networks are restored on Council\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southburnett.qld.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>website <\/strong><\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/southburnettregion\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rainfall and major flooding has also resulted in sewerage systems in all towns receiving inflows of floodwater beyond the capacity of the systems. <\/p>\n<p>Numerous overflows occurred during Sunday and sewer blockages were cleared where possible.<\/p>\n<p>From today and continuing throughout the week, Council crews will be checking and replacing manhole covers and inspecting areas where it is known overflows occurred. <\/p>\n<p>This will involve crews entering properties and Council has asked for co-operation from residents.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has observed manhole covers displaced or are still experiencing problems with their sewerage, should contact Council on (07) 4189-9100, although due to the high volume of requests, response times will be longer than normal and in some cases, may not be the same day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/flood-relief-appeal-launched\/\">Flood Relief Appeal Launched<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/disaster-relief-for-gympie-shire\/\">Disaster Relief For Gympie Shire<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/ergon-energy-update\/\">Ergon Energy Update<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/mp-praises-ses-and-council-team\/\">MP Praises SES and Council Team<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/disaster-committee-update\/\">Disaster Committee Update<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/chopper-called-in-for-evacuations\/\">Chopper Called In For Evacuations<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/worst-ive-seen-says-former-mayor\/\">\u2018Worst I\u2019ve Seen\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/handy-flood-information-links\/\">Handy Flood Information Links<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/if-its-flooded-forget-it\/\">If It\u2019s Flooded, Forget It!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/what-to-do-in-case-of-a-flood-warning\/\">What To Do In Case Of A Flood Warning<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/gordonbrook-dam-emergency-plan-activated\/\">Gordonbrook Dam Emergency Plan Activated<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/road-closures\/\">South Burnett Road Closures<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/ergon-crews-assessing-damage\/\">Ergon Crews Assessing Damage<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/ergon-urges-residents-to-stay-safe\/\">Ergon Urges Residents To Stay Safe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flood damage to infrastructure has forced the South Burnett Regional Council to extend Emergency Water Restrictions across the region, effective immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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