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12/12/23: Yass, Boorowa residents spend thousands on bottled water …
2007/2008 + 2022 July – Montrose (Victoria) – Taste & Odour, Ethyl Benzene, Xylene, Lead
February 19 2023: Winkie (South Australia) – Colour, Taste & Odour
Jan 12 2023: Deniliquin (NSW) Taste and Odour
2019 March – Louth (NSW) – Blue Green Algae, Turbidity, Colour, Taste and Odour
May 2021: Wagga Wagga (NSW) – Taste and Odour
2013/2017: Bathurst (NSW) PFAS, Taste, Odour, Filtration
2021 February – Parkes (NSW) Taste and Odour
Feb 7 2022: Carrathool (NSW). Bottled Water for Schools
2022 January: Marulan (New South Wales). Taste and Odour, Colour
2022 April: Bryn Estyn Water Treatment Plant (Tasmania)
2011/18: Horn Island (Queensland). Cryptosporidium, E.coli, Arsenic, Temperature
Oct 9 2021: Marrackville (NSW). Taste Issues
Oct 9 2021: Parramatta (NSW). Taste Issues
2019/20: Billimari (New South Wales). Uranium, Foul Tasting Water
2018 January: Coober Pedy (South Australia). Chlorine, Taste and Odour
2015 – Bridgewater (Tasmania) – Taste & Odour
2015/19: Claremont (Tasmania) – E. vulneris, Taste & Odour
2019/2025: Wirrina Cove (South Australia) – Trihalomethanes, Haloacetic Acids, Bromodichloromethane, Dibromochloromethane, Sodium, Chloride, Hardness, Total Dissolved Solids, Taste & Odour, Haloacetonitriles, Halonitromethanes
2020/2024: Binalong Boil Water Notice (NSW). Aeromonas?, Turbidity, Taste & Odour
2020 July: Biggenden (Queensland). Poor Quality Water. Acidity?
2018 + 2024/25: Maffra (Victoria). Manganese, Taste & Odour
2019: Cooma (New South Wales) – Taste & Odour, Colour, Turbidity
2001/13 + 2022/23 Narrandera (New South Wales) – E.coli, Aluminium, Copper, Iron, Lead, Turbidity
2012 + 2023/24: Pratten (Qld). Copper, Colour, Taste & Odour, Hardness, Chloride, Total Dissolved Solids, Manganese
2015 + 2024: Tamworth (NSW) – Taste & Odour, Lead
2013-20: Uralla (NSW) – Arsenic, Turbidity, Taste & Odour, Manganese
1980’s-2010’s: Malpas Dam Armadale (NSW) – Microcystis aeruginosa
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 March – Tilpa (NSW). Blue Green Algae, Taste, Odour, Colour
2019 March: Louth (NSW). Colour, Taste, Turbidity
2009/14 + 2019/23 – Yarrawonga (Victoria) – PFAS, Turbidity, Taste & Odour
2005/06 – 2010: Tallangatta (Victoria) – Aluminium, Turbidity, Taste & Odour
2018 August: Delegate (New South Wales). Turbidity, Taste, Chlorine
2018 August 5: Bombala (NSW). Turbidity, Taste, Aluminium
2015/24: 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 + 2023 – Walgett (New South Wales) – Turbidity, Sodium, Taste & Odour, Hardness
2008/17 + 2020 – Wodonga (Victoria) – Turbidity, Colour, Iron, Taste & Odour, Aluminium
November 2016 + 2022/23 – Dubbo (New South Wales) – Boil Water Alert, E.coli, Turbidity
2014 – 2019: Wilcannia (New South Wales) – E.coli, Chlorine, Selenium, Aluminium, Iron, Chloride, Hardness, Turbidity, Foul Tasting Water
2014/18 + 2024/25 – Hughenden (Queensland) – E.coli, Lead, Antimony, Iron, Sodium, Strontium, Colour, Taste + Odour
2012/17 + 2021 – Mount Morgan Water Treatment Plant (Queensland) – Giardia, E.coli, Turbidity, Aluminium, Taste & Odour, Trihalomethanes, Lead
2015/18 – Biloela (Queensland) – E.coli, Turbidity, Colour, Taste & Odour, Pesticides
2015/18 – Baralaba (Queensland) – E.coli, Taste & Odour, Colour, Manganese, Iron
2007/13 + 2020/21 – Bright (Victoria) – E.coli, Aluminium, Iron, Colour, Manganese, Turbidity, Taste and Odour
2007/8 + 2017/25 – Wahgunyah (Victoria) – PFAS, Aluminium, Iron, Turbidity, Taste & Odour, Volatile Organic Compounds
2005/06 +2012 + 2016/23 – Echuca (Victoria) – E.coli, Anabaena Circinalis, Aluminium, Total Dissolved Solids, Taste, Nickel, Taste & Odour, Turbidity, Manganese
2005/17 + 2023: Goornong (Victoria) – E.coli, Trihalomethanes, Aluminium, Nickel, Hardness, Total Dissolved Solids, Chlorine, Chloride, Taste & Odour
2007/11 + 2019: Cohuna (Victoria) – E.coli, Trichloroacetic Acid, Dichloroacetic Acid, Trihalomethanes, Turbidity, Manganese, Taste & Odour
2004/10 + 2012/21: Cobden (Victoria) – Microcystis sp, Chloral Hydrate, Aluminium, Colour, Taste & Odour
2007/12 + 2020/22: Boort (Victoria) – E.coli, Trihalomethanes, Iron, Turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids, Hardness, Chloride, Nickel, Chlorine, Taste and Odour
2005/14 + 2022/23: Warrnambool (Victoria). Anabaena circinalis, Microcystis sp., Lead, Turbidity, Ammonia, Aluminium, Taste & Odour
2007/20: Maryborough (Victoria). Trihalomethanes, Mercury, NDMA, Turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids, Hardness, Iron, pH, Taste, Gross Alpha Beta Activity, Lead
2013-24: Rosebery (Tasmania). E.coli, Lead, Trichloroacetic Acid, Dichloroacetic Acid, Aluminium, Colour, Fluoride, Iron, Manganese, Silicon, Turbidity, Mercury, Taste & Odour, Chloroketones, Haloacetonitriles, Selenium

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