Thread: Where is the best tasting tap water in Australia?

Just about anything is better than bore water.

Originally Posted by gusthedog

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Also, don't take the chance of cleaning out your own water tank as it can kill you

Do you mean you will die of shock at the sight of all the sediment and the number of skeletons in the bottom of the tank or is there some OH&S issue?

When I cleaned the inside of my rainwater tank in Narrabri in preparation for sealing all the minor leaks, it was uncomfortable, but I didn't realise it was life threatening.

Originally Posted by bob10

Just about anything is better than bore water.

Coca Cola products are all made from bore water in Kinglake. The water is such high quality they don't need to treat it much.

Pricey

The quality or taste of bore water does vary a lot.

When I was working on a cotton farm at Merah North, west of Wee Waa, the bore water used to irrigate the cotton was quite pleasant to drink. It was vastly better than the Narrabri town water supply was when the river water needed to be topped up with bore water in times of drought.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Do you mean you will die of shock at the sight of all the sediment and the number of skeletons in the bottom of the tank or is there some OH&S issue?

When I cleaned the inside of my rainwater tank in Narrabri in preparation for sealing all the minor leaks, it was uncomfortable, but I didn't realise it was life threatening.

Water tanks can grow moulds and algae that let off toxic substances according to my brother in law. He cleans water tanks on the mines and a couple of blokes have died around Kalgoorlie from going into them. But I'm not sure it's that dangerous with home tanks. But you don't need to go into them to clean them unless they're really manky. Seriously, unless you have a completely sealed home system and regularly clean your roof and gutters, rain tanks can be pretty nasty.

Pricey

Originally Posted by gusthedog

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. But you don't need to go into them to clean them unless they're really manky. Seriously, unless you have a completely sealed home system and regularly clean your roof and gutters, rain tanks can be pretty nasty.

Pricey

In my case, I needed to seal a lot of tiny rust holes that had developed in the walls of the tank.

I needed to clean off the loose rust and dirt on the inside so that I could paint it with a product that I think was called Silasec, was mixed with a bit of cement and sand, and applied with a broad brush.

By the time I finished wire brushing the wall, I could see daylight in about a hundred places.

The accumulated muck in the bottom was well below the outlet, so I didn't do anything about it.

Originally Posted by gusthedog

Water tanks can grow moulds and algae that let off toxic substances according to my brother in law. He cleans water tanks on the mines and a couple of blokes have died around Kalgoorlie from going into them. But I'm not sure it's that dangerous with home tanks. But you don't need to go into them to clean them unless they're really manky. Seriously, unless you have a completely sealed home system and regularly clean your roof and gutters, rain tanks can be pretty nasty.

Pricey

I woudl have thought gases from decomposing plant matter etc, confined space, asphyxiation...

If you had a copper roof with lead soldered joints or flashing or something, I'd think the toxic thing might hold water

Then again, mine water might the be sludge that they pump from underground... I've heard that a shovel will rust in half in that stuff overnight...

Water out of Woronora Dam is pretty good, it was the only area that wasn't required to boil water during the 1997 Crypto/Giardia outbreak.

The guys that were building the filtration plant at the dam in the late 90s couldn't work out why they were doing it. In their opinion the water going into the plant was better quality than they get out of the filtration plants in Europe.

Water from the bore at 3 O'clock creek on the edge of the Simpson is pretty good as well.


Martyn