The reason behind why Wyreema residents were faced with little or no water coming from their taps a few weeks ago has been revealed.

While delivering a report to Toowoomba Region Councillors in a Council meeting last week, General Manager Water and Waste Services Jaek Passier explained what happened.

Mr Passier said at around 9pm on Monday, 11 November, a large storm caused a power surge, with the Wyreema water tower perhaps even being struck by lightning.

“That resulted in substantial damage to some of our most critical infrastructure that left almost 2,100 residents with either low or limited water supply,” Mr Passier said.

He said an electrician came from Toowoomba and was able to make the site operational within two hours, with the help of Council’s operations team.

This article appeared in On Our Selection News, 28 November 2024.