Molong (NSW) – Lead
2024/25: Molong Lead 0.0067mg/L (max), 0.0035mg/L (mean)
Lead Guideline reduced from 0.01mg/L to 0.005mg/L in June 2025. “The concentration of lead in water within premises may be higher, especially in older buildings, due to contact of the water with lead-containing plumbing products (enHealth 2021). A review found several Australian and international studies that detected up to 0.162 mg/L of lead in drinking water due to leaching from lead-containing plumbing materials including taps and lead service lines, suggesting that leaching of lead from lead-containing plumbing materials can be substantial (SLR 2023)… Based on health considerations, the concentration of lead in drinking water should not exceed 0.005 mg/L.”
Molong (NSW) Turbidity?
1/5/20 BOIL WATER ALERT- POOR WATER QUALITY
Lifted 7/5/20
Cabonne Council advises that consumers in Molong and on the Molong Town water supply should boil water until further notice.
Recent conditions including large influx of runoff into the Molong and Borenore Dams after prolonged drought have caused problems with water treatment potentially making drinking water in the Molong Town Water supply unsafe…
Cabonne Council is working closely with the public health agency to identify conditions that will enable the boil water advice to be lifted. To correct the problem the Cabonne Council is changing the raw water source to an alternative supply. It is expected three days is required to ensure the raw water quality is improved. The advisory will be in effect until the Cabonne Council and the NSW Health are confident that there is no longer a public health concern. Notification of the lifting of this advice will be given when the risk is reduced.
