Bushfires threaten drinking water – and the consequences could last for decades | Stuart Khan for the Conversation

As well as disrupting supply infrastructure, fires can damage catchments, causing contamination that not even boiling can remove. Adapting now is critical

Bushfires pose serious short- and long-term impacts to public drinking water quality. They can damage water supply infrastructure and water catchments, impeding the treatment processes that normally make our water safe to drink.

Several areas in New South Wales and Victoria have already been issued with warnings about the quality of their drinking water.

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