Brown water in West Belconnen

Onceler said :

Funny smell seems to have just about gone now. 🙂

So you were finally able to have a shower?

Funny smell seems to have just about gone now. 🙂

gazket said :

I don’t think ACTEW flush the pipe systems out like they used to do. ACTEW now charge the householder to flush the system.

I heard they weren’t flushing so regularly during the drought which is sort of understandable but I suspect they’ve decided it suits them now to leave it to us.
I agree about the need for a bit more notice, but we’ve never gotten any notice at all. When we rang they never knew what was going on and even during the worst of the drought they just told us to run the garden tap. Sometimes if the water stayed dirty for days and we rang again then by then more info had reached the people who answer the phones and they could tell us more. We ended up not running the garden tap unless it suited us to water the garden, otherwise it was an expensive guessing game whether it helped much or not on any particular occasion.

I don’t think ACTEW flush the pipe systems out like they used to do. ACTEW now charge the householder to flush the system.

I live in the south-west corner of Scullin. Haven’t noticed any brown water, but since this morning our tap water has had a noticable “plasticky” smell. I’ve run the taps on full for about 20 minutes, but little or no improvement. Any other west Belco peeps experiencing the same?

Jivrashia said :

We would ask affected customers to store and refridgerate some drinking water in sealable containers should they require it during this period. Householders are also advised to refrain from using washing machines and dishwashers, and showering/bathing during this time.

Is it worth asking whether residents will be compensated for contributing to flush out the discoloured water that, according to ACTEW Water, is not drinkable?

Would you rather they just dont perform maintinance and repairs?

We would ask affected customers to store and refridgerate some drinking water in sealable containers should they require it during this period. Householders are also advised to refrain from using washing machines and dishwashers, and showering/bathing during this time.

Is it worth asking whether residents will be compensated for contributing to flush out the discoloured water that, according to ACTEW Water, is not drinkable?

At least they told us this time. A few weeks back we didn’t know until we turned the taps on and brown water came out.