Bore Water Testing in Dubbo

Groundwater is untreated. The Department says it is your responsibility to make sure any water you take and use is safe, and that NSW Health advises water used for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene should be tested and treated, including disinfection.

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What bore water testing in Dubbo actually involves

The 2016 NSW fact sheet says groundwater is untreated and should not be considered safe for human consumption without proper treatment. The Department's own page puts the responsibility on the person taking the water. A new bore does not come with a safe-to-drink result: nothing in the approval or the completion report says it does.

A hand holding a clear sample bottle under a bore outlet — bore water testing, Dubbo. Illustrative example.

What to do

Do not drink or cook with bore water until it has been tested and treated as NSW Health advises. This site states no result a test will find and no treatment to use, because no source we can cite gives either for Dubbo. Ask the provider who takes the sample, which tests are run and who reads them.

A bore anywhere in the district may draw on a source other people use. The Dubbo page and the Wellington page say what the plan documents record.

Two clear sample bottles with blank labels on a workbench — bore water testing, Dubbo. Illustrative example.

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