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Nearly a year after Oodnadatta was promised that safe drinking water was a priority, SA Water says it will continue charging residents $300 a year for potentially-fatal bore water as infrastructure upgrades for the outback town could be up to 18 months away.
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The State Government surveyed South Australians about their attitude to the cost of water bills before confirming a reduction in the value of SA Water’s assets last week – with respondents also asked if the administration “is doing a good job running the economy”.
After decades of being exposed to potentially fatal bore water, residents in the South Australian outback town of Oodnadatta are finally set to have access to clean drinking water as part of a $41 million State Government pledge.
South Australian households and businesses are set to save on water bills, with the Essential Services Commission of SA releasing its four-year pricing determination today.
South Australian taxpayers have been left to foot a “huge” bill to fix corroded infrastructure in Oodnadatta, while some of the town’s elderly Aboriginal residents continue to drink the potential fatal bore water supplied to houses, the outback community’s council claims.
Residents of the outback town of Oodnadatta are “suffering in conditions that we wouldn’t expect anyone in our community to live with day to day” due to their poor water quality, the state’s peak Aboriginal health group says.
