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Top End
Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine and the surrounding wet-dry tropics — Power and Water mains supply, off-grid tanks and bores that face PFAS legacy zones and cyclone-flood recovery every season.
Darwin & PalmerstonKatherine RegionTiwi & Arnhem
Local partner: Pristine Water Systems Top EndDominant water sources
- •Power and Water Corporation mains supply across Darwin, Palmerston and Katherine
- •Roof-catchment rainwater tanks on remote and rural properties
- •Private bores across the Top End tropical monsoon zone
- •Community-managed water supplies in remote Aboriginal communities
Common concerns we see
- •PFAS legacy zone at RAAF Base Tindal near Katherine — nationally documented
- •Turbidity and biological load in wet-season tank catchments
- •Iron, manganese and hardness in Top End bores drawn from lateritic profiles
- •Long dry-season tank stagnation on properties without annual cleaning
- •Cyclone-flood contamination of tanks and shallow bores after major wet-season events
Regulatory framework
- •NT Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 and Regulations
- •NT Department of Health private water supply guidance
- •Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG) 2011, updated 2022