NSW Health Drinking Water Monitoring Program

For more than a century NSW Health has provided a drinking water testing service to water supply authorities. NSW Health recommends that water suppliers monitor in line with the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. NSW Health provides free-of-charge testing for water supply system monitoring for indicator bacteria and health-related inorganic chemicals. This program does not extend to Sydney Water Corporation or Hunter Water Corporation, which have their own laboratory services.

The booklet NSW Health Drinking Water Monitoring Program contains details of the program.

For information on sampling see Guide for Submitting Water Samples to DAL for Analysis.

• NSW Health Drinking Water Database (for water suppliers and labs)
• Country Towns Water Supply and Sewerage Program