A combination of climate change, floods, and ageing equipment is responsible for brown, dirt-flavoured tap water in regional towns.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleGraeme Brown says he has been drinking bottled water for 20 years to avoid Dubbo's dirt-flavoured tap water.Councils say ageing treatment plants struggle to deal with algae, sediments and turbidity
"When you do the washing up you can smell it. I wouldn't drink it, and I wouldn't recommend drinking it." Dubbo mayor Mathew Dickerson said a succession of natural disasters was putting strain on the region's ageing water treatment plants.
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