Although the water has been deemed safe to drink, some local councils are taking matters into their own hands, with Logan Mayor Jon Raven announcing on Friday that water from the local desalination plant will be maximised in availability.
“Thank you to everyone who emailed through the impacts they were experiencing from the water quality issues,” Raven said.
“That information was very helpful to demonstrate to seqwater that this was too serious to just wait for it to resolve on its own.”
Raven said that while seqwater maintained the water is safe to drink, he acknowledges that the flavour and odour changes were “significant”.
“In response to concerns raised by residents all over the region, they have now increased the desalination plant output to full, and have lowered production from the Mt Crosby Water Treatment plant to dilute the water,” he said.
“This will mean you should notice a change in flavour and odour soon — however, it may get worse as it gets better in some parts of the network as the earthy tasting water is pushed through the network.”