Active regions
NSW's wettest coastal corner: high-rainfall roof-catchment tanks on the hinterland, acid-sulfate-affected shallow bores on the floodplain, and post-2022-flood contamination that still shows up in test panels today.
Border-coast franchise territory spanning the Tweed and Byron catchments — from Tweed Heads and Kingscliff south to Byron Bay and Mullumbimby. Mail-out kits and local sample handling.
Big country, big contrasts: Murrumbidgee irrigation-area bores that can push nitrate and salinity, Southern Tablelands rainwater tanks and basalt bores, and blue-green algae watch across the summer river systems.
Gosford, Wyong and the coastal lakes: Central Coast Council mains supply for the majority, plus tank-and-bore properties across the Mangrove Mountain plateau and rural fringe.
Cold-climate high country west of the Blue Mountains: granite-belt bores around Bathurst, rich basalt soils and orchard bores under Mount Canobolas, Fish River scheme towns, and frost-country rainwater tanks that sit for months between refills.
Dominant water sources
- •Rainwater tanks on rural acreage — dominant across the Northern Rivers, Mid-North Coast, Southern Highlands and Central West
- •Sydney Water, Hunter Water and Rous County Council mains supply in urban corridors
- •Private bores across Central West NSW, the North Coast hinterland and the Riverina
- •Farm dams and river-fed catchments for stock and irrigation on grazing properties
Common concerns we see
- •PFAS legacy zones near RAAF Base Williamtown and NSW Rural Fire Service training grounds
- •Iron, manganese and sulphate in shallow coastal-plain bores
- •Acid-sulfate-soil impact on bore pH along the North Coast and Hunter estuaries
- •Blue-green algae blooms in warm-season farm dams (Central West and Riverina)
- •Roof-catchment tank contamination after bushfire (Black Summer) and after the 2022 Lismore floods
Regulatory framework
- •NSW Public Health Act 2010 and Public Health (Drinking Water) Regulation 2018
- •NSW Health Private Water Supply Guidelines (rainwater, bore, dam)
- •Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG) 2011, updated 2022