17 Feb 2010

The Bega Valley Shire Council on the New South Wales far south coast has issued a boil water alert for people on the Bemboka, Bega, Kalaru and Tathra water supply systems for the next few days.

The council says it is one of the first alerts of this kind for 15 years, but it is only a precautionary measure after the recent heavy rain.

The rain also caused the sewerage system to overflow, and the council has discharged partially treated sewage into the Bermagui and Bega Rivers.

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