Stage 1 water restrictions for greater Hobart in place until 28 February

Stage 1 water restrictions for greater Hobart in place until 28 February

TasWater is reminding the greater Hobart community that stage 1 water restrictions still apply for the region.
The greater Hobart area includes all suburbs within the City of Hobart, along with Glenorchy, Brighton, Clarence, New Norfolk, Kingborough, Sorell, Kempton, Colebrook and surrounding suburbs.
TasWater Asset Management Services General Manager, Matt Derbyshire said the greater Hobart water supply is still facing the same impacts it did ahead of the Christmas period.
“Months of heavy rain prior to December impacted on water quality, causing turbidity in our storages which has led to the issues that we are still experiencing,” he said. 
These factors also come at a time when TasWater is undertaking a $200 million upgrade of the Bryn Estyn water treatment plant, which will help ensure capacity for greater Hobart into the future.  
“We are encouraging Hobart residents and visitors to continue to be mindful of their water use while stage 1 water restrictions are still in place.”
“These measures are based on advice from our engineers, scientists, and field operators who monitor our systems across the state.”
Stage 1 requires only small changes to how people use water, with the aim of reducing non-essential water use by 20 per cent by encouraging more conscious use of water at home, outside, and at work.
“We thank the community for their continued cooperation to reduce water usage as it is a precious and finite resource,” Mr Derbyshire said.
“TasWater is working on water surety improvements for the greater Hobart drinking water supply to increase the capacity of the system into the future.”
Greater Hobart will be on stage 1 water restrictions until 28 February 2022.
For more information and to see a map of the area that stage 1 restrictions apply to, visit www.taswater.com.au/restrictions