New South Wales

March 2023: Orange/Cadia Mine. Lead in Rainwater Tanks
January 2023: Coutts Crossing (NSW) – Boil Water Alert
Jan 28 2023: Mathoura (NSW) – Dirty Water
Jan 19 2023: Flinders University study finds key connection in fighting Legionnaires
Jan 12 2023: Deniliquin (NSW) Taste and Odour
15/12/22: Boil Water Alert lifted for Crystal Creek (NSW)
15/12/22: Bray Park – Boil Water Alert Lifted
2022: Eugowra (NSW) – Boil Water Alert
2022/23: Moama (NSW). Dirty Water
November 5 2022: Forbes (NSW). Water unsafe to drink due to floods
August 23 2022: South 32 scraps Dendrobium coal mine extension plans in NSW
2022 July – Brocklehurst (NSW) – Boil Water Alert, Turbidity
2022 July – Mogriguy (NSW) – Boil Water Alert, Turbidity
2022 July – Ballimore (NSW) – Boil Water Alert, Turbidity
2022 July – Eumungerie (NSW) – Boil Water Alert, Turbidity
2022 July – Wongarbon (NSW) – Boil Water Alert, Turbidity
July 2022: Firgrove (NSW) – Boil Water Alert, Turbidity
2020 February – McDougalls Hill (NSW) – Turbidity
2020 February – Hambledon Hill (NSW) – Turbidity
2020 February – Gowrie (NSW) – Turbidity
2020 February – Maison Dieu (NSW) – Turbidity
Jan 24 2018 – Aberglasslyn (NSW) – Colour
Jan 24 2018 – Greta (NSW) – Colour
Jan 24 2018 – Gillieston Heights (NSW) – Colour
Jan 24 2018 – Telerah (NSW) – Colour
2018 Jan 24 – Rutherford (NSW) – Colour
March 3 2020 – Muswellbrook (NSW) – Colour
2019 March – Louth (NSW) – Blue Green Algae, Turbidity, Colour, Taste and Odour
2007 – Curlewis (NSW) – Hardness, Total Dissolved Solids, Chloride, Sodium
16/3/21 – Kenebri (NSW) – Sodium
2018/2022: Baradine (NSW) – E.coli, Aluminium, Iron
May 2021: Wagga Wagga (NSW) – Taste and Odour
2013 July: Bathurst (NSW) Taste, Odour, Filtration
2022 March: Sheedys Gully (NSW) – Turbidity
2022 March: Oakey Park (NSW) – Turbidity
2022 March: McKellars Park (NSW) – Turbidity
2022 March: Littleton (NSW) – Turbidity
2022 March: Bowenfels (NSW) Turbidity
2022 March: South Bowenfels (NSW) – Turbidity
2021 February – Parkes (NSW) Taste and Odour
2022 January: Wallaga Lakes (NSW) – Turbidity
2022 January: Akolele (NSW) – Turbidity
2022 January: Fairhaven (NSW). Turbidity
2022 March: Clandulla (NSW). Boil Water Alert Lifted
March 2022: Charbon (NSW). Boil Water Alert Lifted
March 2022: Kandos (NSW). Boil Water Alert Lifted
March 17 2022: Rylstone (NSW) Boil Water Alert Lifted
Feb 7 2022: Carrathool (NSW). Bottled Water for Schools
March 2022: Dunbible (NSW). Boil Water Alert
2022: South Murwillumbah (NSW). Boil Water Alert and Boil Water Alert Lifted
2022 January: Marulan (New South Wales). Taste and Odour, Colour
2020 Sep: Mumbil (NSW) – Hardness
2021 January: Kangaroo Valley WFP (NSW). Algae
2020 November – Fitzroy Falls Picnic Area (NSW) – Turbidity
2020/21 – Lake Nepean (New South Wales) – Algae, Colour, Turbidity, Managanese
August 2020: Cordeaux Reservoir Picnic Area. Turbidity
2020: Wingecarribee Water Filtration Plant. Giardia, Cyanobacteria
2000-2016? – Darlington Point (NSW). E.coli, Iron, Colour
2000-2016? – Coleambally (NSW). E.coli, Iron
2000-2016? Jerilderie (NSW). Rare E.coli detections
Feb 26 2022: Balranald (NSW) Rainwater Tank Study
25/2/22: Casino (New South Wales). Turbidity
Oct 9 2021: Marrackville (NSW). Taste Issues
Oct 9 2021: Parramatta (NSW). Taste Issues
2021 April: Changes to National Construction Code. Reductions in allowable limit of lead allowed in fittings
2019/20: Billimari (New South Wales). Uranium, Foul Tasting Water
2002-2005: Coramba (NSW) – Benzene
2021 Feb – Young (New South Wales). E.coli
2020 February: Balmoral (NSW). Asbestos concerns after fire
2020 December: Ashford (New South Wales). Manganese
2009 April – Torrumbarry Weir (NSW/Vic) – Blue Green Algae
2009 March: Lake Hume (Vic/NSW). Blue Green Algal Bloom
2020 September: Wreck Bay (NSW). Fears about PFAS contaminated drinking water. Loss of Cultural Practices
2019 November – Mudgee (NSW) – Turbidity
2020 March – Empire Bay (NSW) – Colour
2020 March – Point Clare (NSW) – Colour
2020 March: Killcare Heights (NSW) Colour, Aeromonas?
2020 +2022 – Quaama (New South Wales) – Turbidity
2020 + 2022 – Cobargo (New South Wales) – Turbidity
2020 August: Binalong Boil Water Notice (NSW). Turbidity
2020 August: Boil Water Notice Bowning (NSW). Turbidity
2020 August: Coxs River (NSW) Source of BGA Nutrients
2000 – 2020: Bundarra (NSW) Boil Water Alert Turbidity, E.coli, Lead, Aluminium, Chlorine, Iron, Turbidity
2020 Jan/Feb: Geurie (NSW) Boil Water Alert Turbidity, Manganese, Colour
2020 Feb/March: Wellington (NSW). Boil Water Alert Turbidity, Manganese
2020 February: Singleton (NSW). Boil Water Alert Turbidity
2020 May: Molong (NSW). Boil Water Alert Turbidity?
2020 July: Murrurundi (NSW). Boil Water Alert Turbidity
2020 July: Scone (NSW). Boil Water Alert Turbidity
2020 July: Aberdeen (NSW). Boil Turbidity Warning Turbidity
2004?: Sydney Rainwater Tanks (New South Wales) – Lead
2009? – Newcastle (New South Wales). Lead in Rainwater Tanks
2020 January – Brewarrina (New South Wales) – Sodium
2017/20 – Lake Burragorang (New South Wales) – Algae, Saxitoxins, Salinity, Fire, sediment etc
2019/22 – Nimbin (New South Wales) – Boil Water Alerts, Sediment, Turbidity
2016/17 – Tuncurry (New South Wales) – Turbidity
2016/17 – Wingham (New South Wales) – Copper
2007/2019 – Warragamba Dam (NSW) – Algal Blooms, Sediment and Ash Concerns
2019 December – Cataract Dam (New South Wales) – Iron
2019 December – Cordeaux Dam (New South Wales) – Iron
2007 – Bingara (New South Wales) – Arsenic
2011/13 – Deepwater (New South Wales) – Aluminium
2003-13: Glenn Innes (New South Wales) – E.coli, Turbidity, Colour, Fluoride, Iron, Aluminium
2007/12 + 2019 – Tenterfield (New South Wales) – E.coli, Iron, Nickel, Colour, Turbidity
2007/12 – Kyogle (New South Wales) – E.coli, Lead, Turbidity, Iron
2012 June: Byron Bay (New South Wales) – Turbidity
2013/17 – Lower Bellingen (New South Wales) – Chlorine, Turbidity, Iron
2013/17 – Dorrigo (New South Wales) – Turbidity, pH
2008/13 – Crescent Head (New South Wales) – E.coli, Turbidity, Chlorine, Colour
2008/13 – Stuarts Point (New South Wales) – E.coli, Turbidity, Arsenic, Lead, Iron
2008/13 – Hat Head (New South Wales) – Iron
2008/13 – South West Rocks (New South Wales) – Turbidity
2008/13 – Willawarrin (New South Wales) – Aluminium, Turbidity
2008/13 – Bellbrook (New South Wales) – Aluminium, Turbidity, Iron
2017/18 – Coonamble (New South Wales) – Hardness, Iron
2017/18 – Quambone (New South Wales) – E.coli, Iron
2017/18 – Gulargambone (New South Wales) – Iron
2011? – Koorawatha (New South Wales) – E.coli
2007/2015 – Nyngan (New South Wales) – Fluoride
2013 – Dalton (New South Wales) – Sodium, Hardness, Iron
2013 – Gunning (New South Wales) – Colour
2017/22 – Dunedoo (New South Wales) – Selenium, Total Dissolved Solids, Hardness
2017/19 – Binnaway (New South Wales) – Sodium, Total Dissolved Solids, Hardness
2019 – Bugaldie (New South Wales) – Turbidity, Iron
2010/19 – Ganmain (New South Wales) – Colour
2010/19 – Coolamon (New South Wales) – Colour
2010-19 – Temora (New South Wales) – Colour
2010-19 – Junee (New South Wales) – Colour
2010/19 – West Wyalong (New South Wales) – Colour
2015/19 – Eurobodella South (New South Wales) – Lead, Aluminium, Iron, pH, Hardness
2004-14 – Bemboka (New South Wales) – E.coli, Iron, Copper
2004/14 – 2020/22 Bermagui (New South Wales) – Turbidity, Iron
2009 March + 2022 – Beauty Point, Wallaga Lake (New South Wales) – E.coli, Turbidity
2007 – Wallaga Lake (New South Wales) – E.coli
2011 – Tura Beach (New South Wales) – Copper
2011 + 2022 – Merimbula (New South Wales) – Copper, Turbidity
2004/14 – Eden (New South Wales) – Turbidity, Iron
2004-14: Tantawanglo-Kiah (New South Wales) – E.coli, Lead, Iron
2017/18 – Tathra (New South Wales) – Colour, Turbidity, Iron
2019: Cooma (New South Wales) – Taste & Odour, Colour, Turbidity
2001/13 + 2022 Narrandera (New South Wales) – E.coli, Aluminium, Copper, Iron, Lead, Turbidity
2007 April – Pine Hills (New South Wales) – E.coli
2016 – Darlington Point (New South Wales) – E.coli, Iron
2016 – Coleambally (New South Wales) – E.coli, Iron
2017 – Hillston (New South Wales) – Turbidity
2017 – Carrathool (New South Wales). Turbidity
2007 June: Upper Canals Prospect Reservoir (New South Wales). Cryptosporidium, Giardia
1998: Greenacre (NSW), Cryptosporidium, Giardia
1998: College Street, Sydney (NSW). Cryptosporidium, Giardia
1998: Macquarie Street, Sydney (NSW). Cryptosporidium, Giardia
2018: Crown Street Reservoir (New South Wales). Crytosporidium, Giardia
1998: Sydney Hospital (New South Wales). Cryptosporidium, Giardia
1998: Potts Hill Reservoir (New South Wales). Cryptosporidium, Giardia
2015/2019 – Pooncarie (NSW). Blue Green Algae, Poor quality water
2019 September – Warren (NSW) – Sodium
2015/17: The Walli (NSW) – E.coli, Chlorine
2012/17: Gingie (NSW) – E.coli, Total Dissolved Solids
2012/17: Carinda (NSW) – Sodium, Total Dissolved Solids
2012-17: Cumborah (NSW) – E.coli, Sodium, Total Dissolved Solids
2012/17 + 2022: Rowena (NSW) – E.coli, Chloride, Lead, Sodium, Total Dissolved Solids
2017/18: Murrumbateman (NSW) – Hardness
2019/20: Bourke (NSW) – Sodium
2019 February: Copeton Dam (NSW) – Blue Green Algae
2019 January: Mannus Lake (NSW) – Blue Green Algae
2015: – Rural properties near Narrabri (NSW) – Lead, Copper
2015 November: Armidale (NSW) – Lead
2015 November: Tamworth (NSW) – Lead
2016 December: Woolomin (NSW) – Hydrocarbons
1980’s-2010’s: Malpas Dam Armadale (NSW) – Microcystis aeruginosa
2018 March: Guyra (NSW) – Colour
2019 February – Bray Park Weir (NSW) – Blue Green Algae, Taste & Odour
2019 January – Trevallyn & Tolarno Stations (NSW) – Blue Green Algae, Taste & Odour
2012/19 – Collarenebri (NSW) – E.coli, Chlorine, Aluminium, Oxygen, Turbidity, Taste & Odour, Sodium, Total Dissolved Solids, Iron, Colour
2019 April – Tibooburra (NSW) – Blue Green Algae
2019 March – Tilpa (NSW). Blue Green Algae, Taste, Odour, Colour
2019 March: Louth (NSW). Colour, Taste, Turbidity
2018 November – Chichester Dam (New South Wales) – Giardia
2018 August: Delegate (New South Wales). Turbidity, Taste, Chlorine
2018 August 5: Bombala (NSW). Turbidity, Taste, Aluminium
2019: Pooncarrie (New South Wales) – Blue Green Algae, Sodium
2019 February: Lake Wyangan (New South Wales) – Blue Green Algae
2019 February: Lake Cargelligo (New South Wales) – Blue Green Algae
2015/21: Yass (New South Wales) – Foul Tasting Water, Colour, Smell, Manganese, Iron, Hardness, Turbidity
2017/21 – Coolah (New South Wales) – E.coli, Foul Tasting Water, Chlorine, Hardness
2019 January: Ganmain (New South Wales) – Foul Tasting Water
2019 January – Cootamundra (New South Wales) – Foul Tasting Water
2019 January – Hay (New South Wales) – Foul Tasting Water
2019/23: Menindee (NSW) – Blue Green Algae, Fish Kills, Foul Tasting Water, Motor Neuron Disease?, Trihalomethanes, Total Dissolved Solids
2012/19 – Lightning Ridge (New South Wales) – E.coli, Sodium, Turbidity
2012/19 – Walgett (New South Wales) – Turbidity, Sodium, Taste & Odour, Hardness
2016/18 – Tea Gardens (New South Wales) – Trihalomethanes
2016/18 – Bulahdelah (New South Wales) – Trihalomethanes, Iron
2015 – Clarence Colliery (New South Wales) – Salinity, Nickel, Zinc, pH, Temperature
2008 – Sampleton (sic) (New South Wales) – Nickel
2017 October – Wingecarribee River (New South Wales) – Zinc, Nickel, Manganese
2009 + 2017/2020 – Lithgow (New South Wales) – Colour, Iron, Manganese, Turbidity, Nickel, Lead, Aluminium
2018 – Tambar Springs (New South Wales) – E.coli
2014 – Walhallow (New South Wales) – E.coli, Hardness
November 2016 + 2022/23 – Dubbo (New South Wales) – Boil Water Alert, E.coli, Turbidity
2006-2017 – Kempsey (New South Wales) – Cyanobacteria, E.coli, Lead, Aluminium, Turbidity, Iron, Copper
2009/11 + 2017/18 – Bega (New South Wales) – Cryptosporidium, Iron, Colour, Fluoride, Turbidity
2006-2017: Grafton (New South Wales) – Cryptosporidium (not confirmed)
2014 – 2019 – Wilcannia (New South Wales) – E.coli, Foul Tasting Water
2015 March – Gloucester (New South Wales) – Chlorine
2014/16 – Bendemeer (New South Wales) – Uranium
2014/16 – Moonbi (New South Wales) – Uranium
2014/16 – Kootingal (New South Wales) – Uranium
2016 November – Toomelah (New South Wales) – E.coli
2016 + 2020/21 – Gravesend (New South Wales) – E.coli, Turbidity
2016 November – Jubullum Village (New South Wales) – E.coli
2017 March – Darlington Point (New South Wales) – E.coli
2017 + 2022 – Uki (New South Wales) – Boil Water Alert
2017/21 – Mendooran (New South Wales) – Nickel, Hardness, Iron, Manganese, Chloride, Inadequate Chlorine
2017 September – Wyangala (New South Wales) – Turbidity
2018 January – Enngonia (New South Wales) – E.coli
2017/2021 – Inlet Macarthur WFP (New South Wales) – Cryptosporidium, Iron
2017: Prospect North (New South Wales) – E.coli
2016 – Ryde (New South Wales) – E.coli
2016/17 – Potts Hill (New South Wales) – E.coli
2016 June – Cascades WFP (New South Wales) – Cryptosporidium, E.coli
2016 June – Nepean WFP (New South Wales) – Cryptosporidium
2016 June – Warragamba WFP (New South Wales) – Cryptosporidium
1998 + 2016/21 – Prospect WFP (New South Wales) – Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Algae
2015/16 – Orchard Hills WFP (New South Wales) – Cryptosporidium
2016 Aug – North Richmond WFP (New South Wales) – Cryptosporidium, Giardia
2018/21 – Griffith/Lake Wyangan (NSW) Toxin Linked to Motor Neuron Disease Found in Australian Algal Blooms.
2009/23 – Broken Hill (New South Wales) – Manganese, Trihalomethanes, Chlorine, Lead, Total Dissolved Solids
1989 – Pacific Palms (New South Wales) – Pesticides: Aldrin, Dieldrin
1994 – Mulwala (New South Wales) – Pesticide: Molinate
2007 – Wingcaribee Treatment Plant (New South Wales) – Pesticide: Triclopyr
1986/7 – Coffs Harbour (New South Wales) – Pesticide: Dieldrin
1989 – Dundurrabin Dam (NSW) – Pesticides
2017 July: Nelson Bay Water Treatment Plant (NSW) – PFAS
2017-2018 – Grahamstown Water Treatment Plant (New South Wales) – PFOS
2016 March: Williamtown (New South Wales) – PFAS
2016 Feb/Mar – Murray River Cobram-Barmah (Vic/NSW) – Blue Green Algae
2009: Smiggin Holes (New South Wales) – E.coli
2009/2020: Jindabyne (New South Wales). Ecoli, Fluoride, Turbidity
1998/2010: Sydney (New South Wales) – Giardia and Cryptosporidium, Lead
1998 July – September: (Sydney) – Cryptosporidium, Giardia
1997: Wallis Lake (New South Wales) – Hepatitis
2010: Kurnell Desalinisation Plant. Ecoli
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