We ask families to bring water to a boil and use it for any consumption, whether you drink it, whether you are using it to brush your teeth or to make ice cream, just be sure to boil the water to its boiling point before using it and let it cool clearly to make it safe for children too. If you experience any of these symptoms, please contact your GP and advise your GP about this notice. We’ve become aware of a potential water quality issue affecting 88 suburbs due to electrical damage caused by storms overnight. Search Yarra Valley Water Search. 1/2 If you have special needs and require assistance, please contact them on 13 2762.Undisinfected water can cause gastro-like symptoms. SES took nearly 2,000 calls for help, mostly in eastern and southeast Melbourne, and 95,000 residents lost electricity. It manages nearly $6 billion worth of infrastructure and assets and employs around 700 people. Key highlights from this year include: • Submitting our proposed five-year plan on services, investments and future prices to the Essential Services Commission (ESC), which followed a … Login 1/2 The Draft Yarra Strategic Plan was released for public comment on 23 January 2020. Three people, including a four-year-old child, were killed in the disastrous storm of the night, with a large-scale clean-up operation underway. This is a set of 17 global goals describing what a prosperous yet sustainable world looks like. An original list of 88 suburbs has been updated by Yarra Valley Water with 11 additions.Residents in these suburbs, as well as the full list below, must boil their tap water before drinking or cooking with it or risk getting sick: Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Ferntree Gully, Lysterfield, Lysterfield South, Selby, Tecoma, Tremont, Upper Ferntree Gully and Upwey.Yarra Valley Water have told their customers in more than 250,000 households to boil their tap water before drinking or cooking with it.Undisinfected water from Silvan Reservoir entered the water supply when the system was impacted by the wild weather on Thursday.Yarra Valley Water managing director Pat McCafferty told 3AW Neil Mitchell power outages were to blame for the disinfected water getting into the drinking supply.He said anyone with “gastro-like” symptoms who has drunk tap water without realising the notice was in place should contact a doctor as soon as possible.“This is really precautionary – the risk is low – but we do think it’s better to be prudent in these matters,” he said.The aftermath from the storm. 28 Aug 2020 11:08 GMT. If you can’t access boiled or bottled water, call our emergency hotline on 13 27 62. Picture: David Crosling“Showering and those sorts of things are fine, but for drinking water, and food preparation, please boil the water as a precaution.”He said the notice is expected to be withdrawn later on Friday.A Yarra Valley Water spokesperson said special care should be taken with young children, people whose immune system is compromised and the elderly.“We are working to return water supply to normal as soon as possible,” they said.“If you have further concerns, please call us 24 hours a day on 13 27 62.”Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said residents should ensure their tap water is brought to a rolling boil before drinking it.If you live in the suburbs below, you are advised to bring water to a rolling boil before drinking, preparing beverages, washing and preparing food, preparing baby formula, brushing teeth and making ice until further notice.Yarra Valley Water said it is supplying emergency drinking water to those who need it. “We have realized that there is a potential water quality problem affecting 88 suburbs due to electrical damage caused by night storms,” said a statement issued by Yara Valley Water.