Up to 40,000 people are affected by the contamination and supermarkets are quickly selling out of bottled water.

Update: Central Coast Council cancelled its ‘Boil ... water supply contained E. coli bacteria. Further testing to validate the result was under way, and the council notified NSW Health.

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coli bacteria,” a statement read. “Since community safety is always a priority, council, in consultation with NSW Health, issued a precautionary boil water alert to the affected areas,” it said.

Up to 40,000 resident on NSW's Central Coast are being advised to boil their water before drinking it after E. coli was discovered in the local water supply. The bacteria was found during ...