Foul-tasting, smelly, scaly, and hard: residents fed up with water quality
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It is not only smelly, discoloured, foul-tasting and full of minerals which ruin appliances, many residents now fear that it is also unsafe.
Former police officer Michael Blades said that, long before recent water tests showed the maximum possible radiation dose from the bore water was double the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, it had been known to cause health issues, such as rashes in young children.
“I moved to Merriwa to live in a police residence from Western Sydney where the water quality was ok,” Mr Blades said.
He noticed immediately that there was a “considerable issue” with the water quality, he said.
“It was terrible,” Mr Blades said. “It is very hard …