Goal

Sustainable management of our natural resources

Indicator - 12.2.4.

Breaches of Australian Drinking Water Standards

Measure of Progress - 12.2.4.1.

Breaches of Australian Drinking Water Standards

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Baseline Measurement

As at the 30th June 2000, there were alerts to users of 37 public water schemes to boil water before use.

Where does this information come from?

Department of Health and Human Services

Why do we use this Measure?

Quality of drinking water is one determinant of health and wellbeing and a measure of pollution

Explanation of measure

The measure is a count of the number of water schemes about which there is a current alert to boil water

Tasmania Together Targets

Year	Target
2005	32
2010	25
2015	20
2020	15