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Four of five of this outback town’s bores are contaminated with uranium
A town in north-west Queensland has had four of its five bores shut down after unacceptable levels of uranium were found in the water.
Key points:
- Dajarra, 150km south of Mount Isa, has had four of five town bores shut down
- Unsafe levels of uranium were found in the bore water
- A local publican said he worries about the future of the town
Dajarra, 150 kilometres south of Mount Isa, has long had water supply issues but publican Richard Ryan said the uranium problem was new to him.
When the ABC contacted Mr Ryan yesterday, no-one from the council had told him the bores had been shut down or that uranium had been detected.
“Honestly, I’m still trying to take that in because that’s something that, I don’t know — people should have been…
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