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A boil-water alert has been issued for three locations south-west of Devonport: Melrose, Paloona and Kelcey Tier. TasWater is aiming to drop headworks charges on developments in identified growth areas once the current two-year waiver on such charges finishes. Winnaleah residents must boil the water they have been temporarily switched to following detection of dangerous lead levels in the regular supply. The Dial-Blythe irrigation project in North-West Tasmania is to receive more than $9 million from the federal government. The $10.6 million Kindred-North Motton Irrigation Scheme in north-west Tasmania was opened today. Lilydale residents can now drink their tap water without having to boil it first, now that water is piped from 26 kilometres away. The Derwent Estuary Program's 2013 Derwent Report Card shows that a number of areas have improved in quality. Hazell Bros are to build the $30 million South-East Irrigation Scheme.. Primary industries minister Bryan Green has called on the Federal Government to support the $28.4 million Southern Highlands Irrigation Scheme. The South East irrigation scheme will take water from a crossing north of the Bridgewater Bridge through Tea Tree and ultimately to Forcett. The Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for the planned review of water and sewerage charges to be brought forward to help overcome the impediment placed on new projects in Tasmania by current headworks charges. A state Liberal government would pay for a two-year "holiday" on the high water and sewerage costs for developers now being charged by TasWater, Opposition leader Will Hodgman says. Deputy Premier Bryan Green is concerned that the new federal Coalition government appears not to be progressing on the Dial Blythe, Southern Highlands and South East irrigation schemes. TasWater's chief executive officer, Michael Brewster, says its high headworks charges are not being made to support a bloated bureaucracy. Extraordinarily high charges for water and sewerage infrastructure are killing ...