Department of Health

Safe drinking water and recreational water are vital for public health.

This section looks at safe drinking water, water fluoridation and the issue of preventing and controlling potential public health impacts from microorganisms that can cause human illness in aquatic facilities (swimming pools).

This section draws on the Annual report on drinking water quality in Victoria 2017-18

Reviewed 17 April 2023

Your health: Report of the Chief Health Officer, Victoria, 2018

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