WATER BORE

Bore warnings extended

No rain and now we find the ground water has been rendered unfit to drink or grow food thanks to pollution, namely carcinogenic de-greasing solvent trichloroethylene.

The SA Health Department has extended a bore water warning in the western suburbs, taking the number of homes affected to nearly 2000.
Bore water in Beverley was found to be contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, or TCE, in January. Residents are being warned not to drink or use their bore water for watering gardens or filling pools.

Bore water tainted with industrial chemical

Poisonous bore water has been found under two Adelaide suburbs. Authorities say the underground water at Beverley and Woodville South is tainted with an industrial chemical and warn there may be a cancer risk from any long-term exposure.