What does a boil water notice mean for me?
Boil ALL water used for:
- drinking
- washing and preparing food
- preparing baby formula
- cleaning teeth.
- Boil water even if you have a water treatment device. They are designed to improve taste, odour or chemical quality of the water but will not remove harmful micro-organisms from tap water.
- If you cannot boil your tap water:
- use bottled water
- treat tap water by adding 1 teaspoon of household bleach per 10 litres of water and leave for 30 minutes.
- water purification tablets may also be used to disinfect tap water by following the manufacturer's instructions.