Dozens of suburbs in Sydney's west have been issued a conserve water warning as the processing plant that services them is forced to slow operations down following the floods.
Flood-affected Western Sydney residents are being urged to conserve water as a processing plant struggles to keep up with demand.Sydney Water says residents can still use the water, but is urging them to do so sparingly
The plant needs to slow down so it can deliver drinking water in line with Australian quality standards, Bernie Sheridan from Sydney Water said."We're asking customers in that are to do the usual things like take shorter showers, half flush on the loo, ensure washing machines are full and dishwashers are full before they do a load. If they got tank water, use it," Mr Sheridan told James Valentine on ABC Radio Sydney's Breakfast program."All of our plants are working hard.
"All the time that is spent backwashing is time that the plant is not filtering water to produce drinking water," he said.Dr Khan said the impact of the Black Summer bushfires on the Warragamba Dam's catchment may have exacerbated inflows because the destruction of vegetation made the area more prone to erosion.
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