Have you ever considered the path that water takes before it arrives in your home? It doesn’t just pass through one pipeline from the water source to your kitchen tap – your household water goes on a long journey.
There are many processes and changes of location that your water endures before it reaches your household plumbing. In Sydney, for example, once your water enters the distribution system it then travels through up to 21,000 kilometres of aged pipelines. It then journeys to one of 152 pumping stations, and then to one of 255 water service reservoirs. This system services the 13 water distribution systems covering the city of Sydney and its surrounding towns and suburbs. These considerable distances and various types of pipes and locates, have the potential to place your water in direct contact with a number of substances that can contaminate your daily drinking water and affect your health.
Along with the distances that your water has to travel, it is also treated