Major impact on the quality of Melbourne drinking water – 7NEWS

Melbourne’s tap water is often lauded as some of the best in the country. However, when local roadworks started stirring up sediments and turning the water a yellow-brown colour, people started paying closer attention to exactly what was coming out of their taps.

As one family in the eastern suburbs discovered, contaminants and impurities don’t have to turn your water brown to be worth removing. Australian tap water often contains higher chlorine concentrations than a backyard swimming pool, and recent discoveries about the by-products produced by common treatment chemicals have experts concerned about potential carcinogen exposure and other health issues.

For more on this story—and insights from CEO Suzanne Dodds—see the 7NEWS report here: https://youtu.be/Y-E2tsixxlo?si=fhHKg7lQC4M8U5u5

 

7NEWS thumbnail image showing a chlorine test of Melbourne tap water, demonstrating high chlorine levels