Blue-green algae - Dingee
- Dingee
We are experiencing poor raw water quality due to increased levels of blue-green algae detected in the raw water supply at Dingee.
We have increased our water quality testing program to monitor the situation more closely.
Customers in Dingee are reminded that the town’s water supply is untreated and not suitable for drinking, food preparation, tooth brushing or ice-making. It is recommended that pets are not given this water to drink.
For additional blue-green algae water quality information visit Connect Coliban.
Water mains cleaning - Bendigo and Cohuna
- Bendigo and Cohuna
Routine water mains cleaning will be underway in Kennington, Strathdale, Quarry Hill, Flora Hill and Cohuna during May.
If we're cleaning near you, you will receive a letter prior to your interruption with the date and time, so you can prepare. It will be a single interruption of up to 4 hours, during either a morning from 9am to 1pm or an afternoon from 12pm to 4pm.
| Town/suburb | Dates |
| Kennington | Monday 6 - Wednesday 15 May |
| Strathdale | Monday 6 - Thursday 16 May |
| Quarry Hill | Wednesday 15 - Wednesday 22 May |
| Flora Hill | Friday 17 - Thursday 23 May |
| Cohuna | Thursday 23 - Wednesday 29 May |
You can also check out the following link for maps of each town or suburb, to see when your water supply interruption will be. Details here.
Planned maintenance - Sandhurst Reservoir
- Sandhurst Reservoir
Essential maintenance to repair a valve at Sandhurst Reservoir is planned between Monday 27 and Wednesday 29 May.
Rural customers supplied via the Eppalock pipeline may experience reduced water pressure during this time, and a potential disruption to their supply.
We are notifying them directly, and apologise for any inconvenience.
The valve is important as it helps provide a secure water supply to our customers and ensure smooth operations at our reservoir.
For questions about these works, please contact our Senior Reservoir Officer Brad Robinson on 0400 086 070 during business hours.
Castlemaine Water Reclamation Plant - May update
- Castlemaine
We completing a series of works at our Castlemaine Water Reclamation Plant. More information about our plant, and all the latest updates, available here.
Noise update
A new noise meter has been purchased to help us continue onsite monitoring at the plant.
The results of our recent noise logging activity at nearby homes will be provided to Coliban Water next week. We will share a summary of our findings with you as soon as we can.
We are also completing maintenance on a newly-installed blower to ensure it will work to the best of its ability. We continue to research and trial different types of blowers that produce less noise.
It is taking a little longer than we expected to appoint a contractor to build acoustic enclosures around our blowers. We hope to provide an update soon on which contractor has been appointed.
Odour update
Refurbishment of our existing biofilters is continuing, which includes replacement of mulch in the biofilter beds.
We are preparing to undertake maintenance work on our aeration tanks later this month. This work has potential for odours, and we will provide an update to the community prior to work starting.
Our next update will be on 27 May
If you experience noise or odour
Please continue to report noise or odour to us so we can track the impacts in real-time. Please call us on 1300 363 200.
Coliban Main Channel renewal works
- Various locations, Faraday
Our contractor is planning to replace approximately 800 metres of the Coliban Main Channel across five sites in the Faraday area.
These essential works aim to improve service reliability.
Those in the area may see more trucks along Ellerys Road, Moons Lane and McKittericks Road during this time. Traffic management will be in place as required.
Nearby customers are being notified.