What is the Drinking water availability in Australia 2008?

Answer 1

Drinking water is readily available throughout Australia, but the quality of it depends on the area. Due to the fact that Australia is drought-prone, there are some regions which are dependent on bore water. Bore water may be used for drinking, but it is very hard water, and does not taste pleasant. Travellers in the outback are always warned to carry plenty of drinking water with them. Some places suffering from less available drinking water include:

• The small community of Bororen, near Gladstone, Queensland has terrible water quality. Some days the residents cannot even wash because of the brown colour of the water, or because it causes rashes.
• Goulburn, a large town in southern New South Wales, has to truck in water because of ongoing drought.
• The dams supplying Toowoomba, an inland city of Queensland, are (in 2009) down to 10% capacity, and the city will soon be reliant on bore water until a pipeline is completed from the large Wivenhoe Dam in the Brisbane Valley.