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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah, dang. Yeah I was there before 2013 and it was so noticably delicious. The friend I was visiting said it was the first thing her mother had said when visiting as well, how good the tap water was.

Bummer to hear that's changed!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Update: It was actually 2003, I was in Theodore at the time. It's recovered mostly from that bushfire as well as the 2019/2020, when I was visiting while it was happening.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Canberra_bushfires

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season

https://www.icrc.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/1247030/CRES_Submission_2.pdf

Search term from the immediately above link is, 'why was Canberra's water so good before the bushfire?'

I have been living in Melbourne since 2017. Canberra's water still just pips it (Silvan Reservoir area), thanks to the Corin and Bendora dams. Googong water is still terrible (it has a slightly bitter taste, probably because of chlorination treatment) when water from it is required, but they haven't had to use that for a while. It's night and day to me, at least when Googong water is involved.