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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 625594" data-attributes="member: 5328">Actually, the threat was that sewage would have to be discharged into the Molonglo River, not into the water supply.Anyway, the sewage treatment works that was damaged by the fire was back in operation at full capacity at noon yesterday. The backlog of untreated sewage will be cleared by tonight. We were asked to minimise the water we discharged into the sewers (take waste water from sink, bath, and washing machine to the garden in buckets, take short showers, refrain from flushing after minor use), and this measure held the two days' output of raw sewage down to what could be stored on the site. This backlog will be treated by the end of today, and the restrictions lifted in the morning.The damaged water pumping station has also be repaired, and clean water supplies were restored yesterday to everywhere except some parts of the suburb of Chapman. The problem at Chapman is that 100-kmph winds stripped the roof of the reservoir and dumped burning trees etc in it. Ashes and mud were drawn into the pipes when water was drawn for fighting fires, and they haven't got the roof back on, debris dredged out, and pipes flushed yet. Repairs are expected to be complete today.Last I heard 5% of Canberra homes were still without electrical power, the whole Weston Creek area without gas, and over 2,000 homes without telephones.Regards,Agback</blockquote>