August 2020: Cordeaux Reservoir Picnic Area. Turbidity

August 2020: Cordeaux Reservoir Picnic Area (NSW)

Elevated turbidity (19.8 NTU) at Cordeaux picnic tap. Elevated turbidity may indicate inadequate disinfection. Recent lake intrusion maybe causing spike in turbidity. NSW Health notified. Upper Nepean maintenance team was requested to flush the reticulation system, check for faults and test turbidity at end tap. Following flushing turbidity returned within range – 2.09 NTU

Water NSW Annual Water Quality Monitoring Report 2020-21 Appendices