The local Aboriginal Medical Service is concerned about residents' long-term health, with some paying up to $50 per week to avoid using the tap water. Via NITV
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"I worry about people who have no choice but to drink straight from the tap and I worry about how many people are not having enough nutritious food to eat and how this will impact on their long-term health." "When the rivers run dry or are unsafe, the town switches its supply to bore water from the Great Artesian Basin, which has high sodium levels."A survey conducted by the research team, in partnership with Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service and the Dharriwaa Elders Group, found that more than half of the respondents adjusted what they ate so they could buy bottled water, with some people paying up to $50 a week to avoid using water from the tap.
Keziah Bennett-Brook, head of Guunu-maana Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health at the George Institute, said water and food insecurity in Walgett was at unacceptable levels.
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