A new emergency bulk water collection point has opened this week in Field Street, McLaren Vale, as the State Government continues its emergency water management response in the Hills and Fleurieu regions.
The collection point behind the Coles, along with sites at Brukunga, Woodside and Sandergrove, have been established in response to the unprecedented dry conditions and unmet water carting demands.
They are also now registered through SA Health’s accreditation process, as required under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
These new providers aim to help to address the bottleneck in carting services for those living off mains water, amid record low rainfall throughout the state.
The four sites are open 7 days a week from 7am to 7pm.
They are a temporary emergency measure for household domestic purposes only. They are to assist households that are running out – or have run out – of water and are unable to get water delivered by a water carter.
So far, about 100 people have collected 110,050 litres of water from the emergency bulk water collection sites at Brukunga, Sandergrove and Woodside in the Hills.
More information about the emergency bulk water collection points is available at Department for Environment and Water – Home website.
