Ultima water supply
Current water restrictions
Safe to drink?
Yes
The water is safe for drinking. It is filtered and disinfected to meet the strict guidelines for safe drinking water. It can be used for drinking, cooking, making ice, cleaning your teeth and for showering or bathing.
Drinking water treatment
Treatment process
Coagulation, clarification, filtration, disinfection, pH correction, fluoridation
Chemicals used in the process
Caustic soda, aluminium chlorohydrate, powdered activated carbon, fluoride, chlorine
Fluoride
As part of Ultima’s drinking water upgrade, customers in Ultima will receive fluoridated water. Fluoride is added to Swan Hill’s water supply under the direction of the Victorian Government’s Department of Health. Water will be transferred to Ultima from Swan Hill by pipeline. For more information about water fluoridation, refer to the Department of Health’s website: Water fluoridation in Victoria - health.vic
Water supply
Your water comes from the Murray River and is treated at the Swan Hill Water Treatment Plant. GWMWater takes water from Swan Hill and transfers it through approximately 29 kilometres of pipeline to the Ultima Pump Station. The water is booster chlorinated at the Ultima Pump Station to maintain disinfection as it is distributed in Ultima.
Sewerage services
No
Septic tanks in use. Contact Swan Hill Rural City Council for further information.