15 December 2020
Tweed Shire Council is tankering drinking water to Uki while it works to restore electricity to the Uki Water Treatment Plant after a failure due to flooding.
Council asks Uki residents to conserve water while the plant remains offline.
Council operated the plant on Monday and the village reservoir was around half full when rising floodwaters submerged a critical electrical switchboard last night.
“The raw water pumps in the Tweed River that feed the Uki plant are connected to a switchboard that was impacted by rising floodwaters, effectively stopping the flow of source water to the plant,” Manager Water and Wastewater Operations Brie Jowett said.
“While we tanker in emergency water supplies to ensure everyone has access to safe drinking water and to meet essential needs, we ask Uki residents to use water wisely until we can get the plant back in operation.”
Residents are advised that their current tap water has not been affected by the flooding and is safe to drink and use.
Council staff will work to restore the raw water pumps and get the plant back online as soon as it is safe to do so.
Council will provide an update when the plant is operational and Uki residents no longer need to limit water usage to essential needs.