Guyra's leaky water mains play a role in the town's water shortages

By Steve Green
Updated July 31 2019 - 3:24pm, first published July 29 2019 - 11:27am
REPAIRS: Armidale Regional Council project officer EAM/WSS Mark Byrne said repairs to Guyra's water system were half finished and Armidale's water delivery system was next in line.
REPAIRS: Armidale Regional Council project officer EAM/WSS Mark Byrne said repairs to Guyra's water system were half finished and Armidale's water delivery system was next in line.

Forty-six leaks in Guyra's water mains cost the township about 3200 litres of potable water per minute, or an estimated 77,000 litres during a 24-hour period, until Armidale Regional Council engaged Victorian company Detection Services to locate the system failures.

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