Better boil ya billy: when Australian water goes bad
- Written by Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Many Australians take it for granted we can drink untreated tap water, without worrying about the health effects.
However, a recent audit criticised the regulation of pollution in the massive Warragamba Dam drinking water catchment, the biggest single metropolitan water reservoir in Australia.
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