Thousands of Melburnians are unable to drink tap water this morning after a power failure caused untreated water to enter the supply system.
The SES received close to 2000 calls for help, most of those being in Melbourne’s east and south-east.
Affected suburbs
ATTWOOD FAWKNER OLINDA
BAYSWATER FOREST HILL PARK ORCHARDS
BAYSWATER NORTH GLEN WAVERLEY PLENTY
BLACKBURN GREENSBOROUGH RESEARCH
BLACKBURN NORTH GREENSBOROUGH RESERVOIR
BLACKBURN SOUTH GREENVALE RINGWOOD
BORONIA HEATHMONT RINGWOOD EAST
BOX HILL NORTH KALORAMA RINGWOOD NORTH
BROADMEADOWS KANGAROO GROUND ROXBURGH PARK
BULLEEN KILSYTH SILVAN
BUNDOORA KILSYTH SOUTH SOMERTON
BURWOOD KINGSBURY SOUTH MORANG
BURWOOD EAST LALOR TEMPLESTOWE
CAMPBELLFIELD LILYDALE TEMPLESTOWE LOWER
CHIRNSIDE PARK LOWER PLENTY THE BASIN
COBURG NORTH MEADOW HEIGHTS THOMASTOWN
COLDSTREAM MELBOURNE AIRPORT VERMONT
COOLAROO MERNDA VERMONT SOUTH
CRAIGIEBURN MILL PARK VIEWBANK
CROYDON MITCHAM WANTIRNA
CROYDON HILLS MONBULK WARRANDYTE
CROYDON NORTH MONT ALBERT NORTH WARRANDYTE SOUTH
CROYDON SOUTH MONTMORENCY WARRANWOOD
DALLAS MONTROSE WESTMEADOWS
DONCASTER MOOROOLBARK WOLLERT
DONCASTER EAST MOUNT DANDENONG WONGA PARK
DONVALE MOUNT EVELYN YALLAMBIE
DOREEN MOUNT WAVERLEY YARRAMBAT
ELTHAM NORTH WARRANDYTE
EPPING NUNAWADING
