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The addition of fluoride to a drinking water supply is generally governed by the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. [6] The Guidelines recommend a health-related guideline value (maximum concentration) of 1.5 mg/L for fluoride, which mirrors the World Health Organization Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality 2006. [7]
The NWI "aims at increasing the productivity and efficiency of Australia 's water use and establishing clear pathways to return all water systems – rivers and groundwater – to environmentally sustainable levels of extraction". The government has also established Drinking Water Guidelines as part of a National Water Quality Management Strategy.
These guidelines provide contaminant limits (pathogen, aesthetic, organic, inorganic,and radiological) as well as guidance on applying limits for the management of drinking water in Australian drinking water treatment and distribution.
Australia may soon tighten regulations on allowable levels of “forever chemicals” in drinking water, with guidelines proposing significant reductions.. The National Health and Medical Research ...
Food Standards Australia New Zealand found insufficient evidence to justify a tolerable daily intake (TDI) for PFHxS specifically. Therefore, the TDI level for PFOS (0.02 μg/kg) was adapted as the TDI for the sum of PFOS and PFHxS. Australia uses a drinking water guideline value of 0.07 μg/L for the sum of PFHxS and PFOS.
Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of fluoride to a public water supply to reduce tooth decay, and is handled differently by countries across the world. [2]Water fluoridation is considered very common in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Chile and Australia where over 50% of the population drinks fluoridated water.
The Water Efficiency Labelling and Standard (WELS) scheme is an Australian Government urban water conservation program. [1] Its aim is to reduce demand for drinking water by informing consumers about water efficiency at the point of sale.
The Water Act 2007 (Cth), [1] [2] [3] is an Act of the Parliament of Australia. It is Australia's primary legislation that concerns the Commonwealth Government 's powers over the Murray–Darling Basin , and is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment . [ 1 ]