Bottled water is flying off the shelves at some of Melbourne’s supermarkets after tap water became contaminated across 88 suburbs.
Yarra Valley Water issued a warning on Friday after the last night’s storm caused a power outage and allowed untreated water to enter the supply system.
About 250,000 Melbourne households were unable to drink tap water as a result.
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Footage captured by Nine News shows supermarket shelves stripped of bottled water.
PANIC BUYING: Bottled water at supermarkets has been snapped up in suburbs affected by contaminated water.
Read about it: https://t.co/ySNmdvQArC
The full story, #9News at 6.00pm pic.twitter.com/Xct62Hitrs
— Nine News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) August 28, 2020
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