LOGAN City Council has lifted a ban on drinking water put in place on Thursday after traces of the faecal bacteria E. coli was found in the water supply.
The ban, which applied to residents of Cedar Vale, Woodhill, Veresdale and Veresdale Scrub, was lifted at 12pm on Sunday.
Council handed out free bottled water in those affected areas on Friday.
Also on Friday, Logan Hospital restricted its water supply as a precaution after nearby works by the council.
On Sunday, residents were told to flush all water fixtures, including in-house drinking fountain units, for at least a minute.
All internal water service lines to holding tanks should also be flushed.
All ice-making machines should be thoroughly flushed and washed.
Council also recommended changing all water filters.
However, council said no changes were required to the hot water system if residents were operating to standard settings of 50-60C.
Anyone with concerns should contact a licensed plumber.

Seqwater and Redland City Council issued the warning to residents of Karragarra Island, Macleay Island and Lamb Island this morning.
The organisations said they were working closely to resolve the situation.
The notice was precautionary following a break in the bulk water pipeline between North Stradbroke Island and Karragarra Island.
The break meant groundwater may have infiltrated the treated water.
An Seqwater spokesman said it was anticipated it would take at least 12 hours to repair the water infrastructure on Karragarra Island which also supplies Macleay and Lamb Island.
For updates on repair and reconnection of supply visit www.yourseqwater.com.au .
The boil water alert will stay in effect until SEQwater and Redland City Council are confident there is no longer a public health concern.
Regular updates will be provided to affected communities.
Consuming unboiled drinking water could lead to illness, especially for vulnerable people such as those who are very young, elderly or immune compromised.
Anyone concerned about their health can contact 13432584, their local doctor or local hospital.

Latur: Dispelling extreme drought like conditions, the Guardian Minister of Latur, Sambhaji Patil Nilengkar said, the water levels in the Manjra are sufficient for 45 million cubic metres.
There is no fear for Latur city as the current water supply will be sufficient till June 2019.
In 2015-16, the state government officials sent a train to provide drinking water to Latur.
Likewise, there is sufficient supply for Latur district too.
Nilangekar appealed to citizens not to worry about water shortage.
The officials said, “The district has received below average rainfall and a drought-like situation has been created.
However, after reviewing the overall water projects in the district, citizens should not be worried about water scarcity since the water will be available till June 2019.” The officials of Latur Municipal Corporation were asked to stop all the water leakage in the supply scheme and urged the citizens to maximise their awareness about installatinig proper water meters to plug these leakages.
“All the Municipal Councils / Nagar Panchayat officers and district development officials should prepare the water scarcity plans at their level and present them to the district administration under the supervision of the sub-divisional officers,” the Latur Municipal Commissioner advised.
Nilangekar was asked to create a squad comprising of police and water resources department staff at the district and sub-divisional level to conduct checks and create awareness regarding the scarcity.
An official informed, “The work of Amrit scheme in Latur Municipal Corporation is slow.

FARGO — The North Dakota State Water Commission added Benson, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey, Steele and Walsh counties to those eligible for funding assistance through the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Assistance Program.
The above counties have been added due to ongoing dry conditions in the northeastern portion of the state, including D3 or “extreme drought” designations by the National Drought Mitigation Center for three counties in that area.
The program provides 50 percent cost-share assistance of up to $3,500 per project, with a maximum of three projects per applicant, to eligible livestock producers in designated counties experiencing drought-related impacts to their livestock operations.
Eligible items include new water wells, rural water system connections, pipeline extensions and pasture taps and associated works, labor, and materials to complete and develop new drought-resilient water supply projects.
For additional details about the program, visit the water commission’s website at www.swc.nd.gov and scroll down to “Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program.” For specific questions about program eligibility, call 701-328-4989 or email swclivestock@nd.gov.

ABERDEEN, Miss.
(WCBI) – A positive test for E. coli in the Aberdeen water supply, prompts a boil water notice and a run on bottled water.
Now, over 5,000 people are trying to find enough water for their daily needs.
When you walk in Subway in Aberdeen, you’ll see this sign on the drink machine and gallons of water stored behind the counter.
“We have dishes piled on top of dishes.
We can’t use the water for dishes, so it’s hard making things hard,” says shift manager, Kisha Hubbard.
coli present at well number seven and we shut it down and it’s off-line right now, so there’s no more contaminated water coming into the system,” says Aberdeen Water Department Supervisor, Jason Roberson.
I have to pull 17 samples and send them back in and see if everything is clear enough to lift the boil water notice.” Until then about 5,500 people-Families, businesses, and schools are having to boil their water or buy bottled water.
“We went to Food Giant and they are out of water.
“It’s always an inconvenience not having the water, so what we’ve done, we’ve purchased 3,600 bottles of water, so we want to make sure that all of our students have at least one bottle of water a day for the next three days, while the boil water notice is in effect.” “If all of the water sample results come back good, Thursday everything will be lifted and everything will be back to normal.” The city of Aberdeen has 11 wells, and as Roberson mentioned, only water from Well 7 tested positive for E.coli bacteria.

Dangerous chemicals from local manufacturing plants have contaminated the water supply in communities across New York state for decades, but the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to take timely action to address this growing public health crisis.
It is time for state lawmakers and regulators to take the lead in protecting New Yorkers from continued exposure to these harmful chemicals by establishing sensible and enforceable standards for New York state.
One groundwater sample revealed PFOA levels in Hoosick Falls at 130,000 parts per trillion (ppt), more than 18,000 times the EPA’s acceptable level of 70 ppt.
The contamination has left residents susceptible to a range of health issues, including low infant birth weights, immune system hazards, and increased cancer risks, as well as depressed property values after locations in both towns were declared Superfund sites.
Petersburgh and Hoosick Falls residents have filed lawsuits against local manufacturers whose plants knowingly discharged the toxic chemicals, and a New York Supreme Court justice recently certified a class action of current and former community members in the Petersburgh case.
At the state level, Gov.
Andrew Cuomo signed the Clean Water Infrastructure Act in 2017 and recently announced an additional $200 million in grant funding to upgrade state drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, fund modern filtration systems, and regularly test for known contaminants.
A recently released study by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry finds acceptable health advisory levels should be around 7 to 11 ppt, far lower than EPA’s current guidelines of 70 ppt.
If New York lawmakers truly wanted to be national leaders for water contamination protection, they could follow, or better yet, exceed the minimum risk levels outlined in August by the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and set New York state’s MCL range no greater than between 10 ppt and 20 ppt, the safest currently known level of PFOA and PFOS exposure.
As communities across the country continue to face water contamination crises, state lawmakers must take action and regulate these dangerous chemicals by establishing a safe, sensible, enforceable maximum contaminant level to protect New York state residents from serious health risks.

Mumbai: In addition to scorching temperatures, lakhs of residents in Thane district will have to endure more hardship as the irrigation department has ordered a 22 per cent water cut every week in industrial areas of the district from October 21 owing to water scarcity.
Water supply will be shut for one day in a week for Kalyan-Dombivali, Bhiwandi, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath and Badlapur.
The situation arose due to poor rainfall in September, said an official of the irrigation department.
Though enough water is available in the dams in the districts, its usage is being carefully rationed till July 31, 2019.
Considering evaporation losses and other factors, the irrigation department has taken a review of the water stock in dams, which is less compared to last year’s.
So, the irrigation department asked the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corpora-tion (MIDC) and all corporations that are involved in the Temghar project among others about water cuts.
Due to the 22 per cent water cuts, the supply of water will be shut for one day in a week.
Thousands of industries will suffer due to the water cuts until the next monsoon, and small and medium-scale industries in the belt may suffer financial losses due to scaled-down production, said a senior officer.
He added, “We don’t have other option as not much rainfall occurred in September.”

Abdulrazaq Mungadi, Gombe The dualisation of Gombe-Bauchi Road was meant to be make life a lot easier for the road users.
Unfortuantely, it has become a source of misery and difficulty for the people of Shongo Hamma Community of Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State.
The Water Reticulation Project of the administration, which has been the only source of potable has been undermined by the new road project.
The construction has disrupted supply of potable water, leaving the community with no option but to revert to the traditional way of sourcing for water, shallow wells dug on the bed of seasonal streams.
The community, located some eight kilo- meters away from the Gombe metropolis has suffered water shortage.
READ ALSO: 2019: The Battle of Baba 70s To get water to serve their various needs, members of these communities either fetch from the well or resort to buying from the water vendors- who hardly come round because of dilapidated state of the road.
Apart from the fact that their water costs so much, its quality is suspect and has been linked to many health issues in the community.
On several occasions, they have assured the people that they would end the problem of water scarcity, not just in Shongo Hamma community and Tumfure Quarters, but in the whole of Gombe State.
He said the state government has done well in the provision of water supply in the state, adding that those highlighting the purported water issue in Shongo Hamma and Tumfure communities were only making promises they cannot fulfill.
Expansion of the water treatment plant has become more than necessary but the N30 billion needed for the project is not on the table.

Srinagar, October 07: Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, to Sunday reviewed the water supply position during a meeting with senior officers of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department of Kashmir Division.
In his opening remarks, the Advisor emphasized upon sustained efforts to harness the State’s abundant water resources in order to provide safe drinking water to every household.
“We receive a lot of complaints (of water shortage) during public hearing from rural pockets.
These complaints must be redressed on priority,” he stated.
Ganai asked Chief Engineer PHE to ensure that all technical processes are completed before water is supplied to the habitations.
"Random checking of various schemes can be introduced to check quality of water and plug holes," he added.
Ganai also passed directions to accelerate access to quality water supply in all schools, anganwadi centres and essential services like hospitals and hotels.
He also briefed the Advisor about the mechanism devised to complete all languishing projects in the Kashmir Division.
The SEs and Executive Engineers also gave detailed presentations about ongoing schemes and developmental works in their respective.
They informed the Advisor Ganai about water-deficient areas in their jurisdiction and steps taken to address the bottlenecks.

Monday the city of Hastings will start putting chlorine in the city’s water supply.
The decision comes after E.coli bacteria was found in the water system a few weeks ago.
The city says test results by the Minnesota Department of Health were unable to pinpoint an exact cause of the bacteria.
The state recommended the city find a permanent disinfection solution for the water supply, so Hastings will begin adding a low level of chlorine to the water.
"We want to make sure this doesn’t happen again," Hastings Mayor Paul Hicks said.
"We take this very seriously.
We decided to test our water every week.
We’re going to flush our system a little more frequently and we’re going to see how this chlorination system goes."
Despite fears by some of how chlorine will change the taste and smell of the water, the city says it’s perfectly safe.
The city will monitor the water supply for the next few months to see if they’ll continue using chlorine in the water supply.