Residents of an inland city have been shocked to learn their drinking water has not had fluoride added to it for three-and-a-half years.
Residents of an inland city have been shocked to learn their drinking water has not had fluoride added to it for three-and-half years.Dubbo Regional Council has revealed there has been no fluoride added to the city's water supply since January 2019A report last week found more than half a million Australians lack access to quality drinking water
"Where the failing has been ... and where the responsibility sits [is] with the person in my role to allocate budget and notify the council. Coonabarabran locals say they have been buying bottled water for over a year due to water discolouration and a "bad, chemical taste".The news comes after a report from the Australian National University last month found more than half a million Australians in at least 400 remote or regional communities lacked access to quality drinking water.
In March the council confirmed $130,000 had been secured from NSW Health to reinstate the water fluoridation plant in Coolah for the first time since 2015, and "discussions continue on the funding for the other four sites across the shire". Dubbo dentist Afaq Babi says he was shocked to learn Dubbo's town water supplies have not had fluoride added for so long.
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