Is Your Bore Water Safe? in Griffith

Not until it has been tested. The NSW Department puts the responsibility for the water's safety on you, and NSW Health advises that water used for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene should be tested and treated, including disinfection.

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What bore water safety in Griffith actually involves

A 2016 NSW fact sheet says groundwater is untreated and should not be considered safe for human consumption without proper treatment. The Department's questions-and-answers page says it is your responsibility to ensure any water you take and use under household and stock rights is safe for use.

What the regional record says about Griffith

A NSW Office of Water overview of the Murrumbidgee catchment, with pages dated April 2011, describes a Lower Murrumbidgee groundwater area that begins at Narrandera in the east and runs west to the Murray, with three main regional aquifers, and says much of the water stored there is too saline for productive purposes.

A clear glass and a sealed sample bottle side by side on a bench — is your bore water safe, Griffith. Illustrative example.

What the overview cannot tell you

The overview is regional and it is old. It does not say whether your address sits inside that area or what water a bore on your property will meet; the NSW sources read for this site give no address-level water quality figure. A test of the actual water is the only thing that can. Ask the provider who takes the sample, which laboratory reads it and what the report will say.

Where the village pages carry a sourced local fact about shallow or salty water, such as Hanwood, it is a 2005 reading for a wide area, not a result for a property.

A sample bottle held under a bore outlet over a gravel pad — is your bore water safe, Griffith. Illustrative example.

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