Council advises all residents and visitors in Boulia to boil tap water used for drinking following a recent communications network outage that affected technical operations within our water treatment plant.The boil water alert is precautionary and will stay in effect until council is satisfied that levels are within the required range with consistent testing. SEE NEWS ITEMS FOR FULL DETAILS
Published on 29 September 2026
Please be advised with the ongoing of deteriorating conditions into the week we have implemented a further fire ban for Winton and a fire ban in Boulia.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 145M Fire Services Act 1990, and with due regard to fire conditions and the fire weather forecast issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, a Local Fire Ban is hereby imposed as described below.
A prohibition on lighting fires in the open applies for the period of 00:01 hours Wednesday 30 September 2026 to 23:59 hours Wednesday 30 September 2026, Within the whole of the Local Government Areas of:
For full details of the conditions, restrictions and applicable exemptions, review the Official Local Fire Ban Declaration(PDF, 371KB).