Every day, we wake up in the morning and head to the kitchen to have our first drink of water. It might be direct from the tap, or from a bottle in the fridge – either way, it has been supplied by a responsible and professional water utility or from a bottled water supplier, both…
Most Australians will be aware of recent media reports concerning occurrences of, and the associated dangers of lead contamination in residential drinking water in Australia. The source of the contamination is widely thought to be the lead content of a range of widely used brass plumbing fittings. Lead contained in the brass fittings can dissolve…