Water Quality

Sydney Water Contamination

Residents in some of Sydney's south-eastern suburbs have been told to run their taps for 20 minutes after a drinking water contamination scare. The suburbs of Botany, Pagewood and Eastlakes are af...

Brisbane's Threatened Water Supply

here is no money in Tuesday's state budget to stop Brisbane running out of drinking water, as very nearly happened in January. River experts have since warned the Queensland government the problem ...

Heavy Metals from Sydney Water - Sydney Morning Herald

Recreation site ... beachgoers at Kyeemagh, where the baths were found to be among the worst places affected by pollution. UNTREATED sewage and heavy metals from the nation's biggest water utilit...

Drinking water unsafe in Pilbara community

  Families in a remote Indigenous community in WA's North East are being forced to rely on bottled drinking water after their water supply has been found to be unsafe. The water supply for the J...

River Murray water ‘should be returned for long-term health'

River Murray water ‘should be returned for long-term health’ NEW scientific modelling reveals at least 3200 gigalitres of water must be returned to the River Murray to ensure its long-term health....