Western Australia is a vast state that has a variety of water supply sources, both ground and surface. The Web Link below may be of some assistance in locating some of these. Click on the "Water Regions" tab for details.
One of Australia's largest rivers, the Fitzroy, is in northwest Western Australia, supplying the Kimberley region. This is also where Australia's largest man made inland lake is found, Lake Argyle, on the Ord River. Considerable significant groundwater resources provide water to the main mining operations in the area, as well as supplying pastoral and irrigation requirements, town water supplies and industry.
The main populated areas around the state's capital, Perth, are supplied by the Avon River Basin. This area also includes the Gnangara and Gingin groundwater regions.
Most other areas have similar arrangements, with a combination of groundwater, rivers and man-made dams. However, one major difference is the Golden Pipeline, or Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. This incredible feat of engineering, pioneered in the late 1800s, brings water from the Mundaring Weir near Perth to the eastern goldfields of Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie.
Australia gets its drinking water from the same types of sources that people of other countries use. Rainwater is a major source. Rain fills the dams (sometimes); fills rainwater tanks; it fills reservoirs; contributes to excellent snowfalls in the Snowy Mountains which then thaws and runs off to the rivers, where it is diverted for use in towns and for stock and agriculture; monsoonal rains in the far north create runoff to southern-flowing rivers; and rain also replenishes the enormous underground water supply, primarily the Great Artesian Basin.
Australia's drinking water comes from a variety of sources, just as it does in other countries.
Perth gets it's scheme (drinking) water from a combination of 3 sources; fresh (dam) water, ground water and desalination plants. The dams and ground water sources are scattered around the Metro area.
In a typical glass of tap water, you'll probably have a percentage of all 3 sources. How much of each will depend on; where in the Metro area you are, how much water is available from each, and other factors such as equipment breakdown etc. It's all controlled by the Perth Water Corporation.
If you're interested in this, you should be able to get a lot of info from Water Corp's website.
Western Australia gets its water from rivers, dams and groundwater supplies.
One of Australia's largest rivers, the Fitzroy, is in northwest Western Australia, supplying the Kimberley region. This is also where Australia's largest man made inland lake is found, Lake Argyle, on the Ord River. Considerable significant groundwater resources provide water to the main mining operations in the area, as well as supplying pastoral and irrigation requirements, town water supplies and industry.
The main populated areas around the state's capital, Perth, are supplied by the Avon River Basin. This area also includes the Gnangara and Gingin groundwater regions.
Most other areas have similar arrangements, with a combination of groundwater, rivers and man-made dams. However, one major difference is the Golden Pipeline, or Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. This incredible feat of engineering, pioneered in the late 1800s, brings water from the Mundaring Weir near Perth to the eastern goldfields of Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie.
Despite Australia's reputation as the driest hot continent on Earth, known for its frequent droughts, it still has plenty of water resources. Australia's water comes from a variety of sources, just as it does in other countries. In the east and the major cities, where the population is mostly concentrated, water comes from:
Despite being one if the driest continents on Earth, Australia still has plenty of water resources. Australia's drinking water comes from a variety of sources, just as it does in other countries. Drinking water comes from:
99% of Australians have access to clean drinking water.
it's 100% of Australia have access to safe drinking water. Everyone in the whole country has access
Australia is surrounded by an ocean. They have machines which filter the ocean water and make it into clean drinking water. But this costs a lot of money to do. So they also use natural springs found in the forest parts of australia
The legal age limit for drinking anywhere in Australia is 18 years old.
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.
Definitely. Australia has high quality water. Our water authorities regularly test and monitor the quality and safety regarding our tap water and although in some areas the water may not necessarily taste that nice, it is still acceptable drinking water from a good health point of view.
Well, it depends, if the water is not fresh the no, Not ANYWHERE in the world. But if you lived in Australia, the tap water is 100% safe to drink, well as long as it STRAIGHT from the tap.
Drinking water that is not clean
Yes. Gastoenteritis is in our drinking water.
What the heck. Gourmet drinking water I'm quite fin with normal drinking water. wierdo911
They Get their drinking water by underground and pump it out of the ground to get the water that is needed
They study rocks. Not drinking water.