DOZENS more Katherine homeowners are having bottled water shipped to their properties as more bores test positive to toxic foam contamination. Read Today's Paper Tributes Rewards ...

Northern Territory residents with properties near a military base have been told to switch to bottled water while tests of drinking water for chemicals linked to fire fighting foam is completed.

Northern Territory residents with properties near a military base have been told to switch to bottled water while tests of drinking water for chemicals linked to fire fighting foam is completed.

Results confirming bores supplying water to homes near RAAF Base Tindal are contaminated by potentially carcinogenic chemicals have started to trickle back to residents. More Katherine homeowners ...

The Northern Territory Government has imposed water restrictions on the Top End town of Katherine because of concerns about potentially toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking supplies. As of August 21 ...

The NT government says Katherine will be the first entire town in Australia to have water restrictions imposed due to poisonous chemicals used at defence bases.

Mr Davidson said during February, Katherine used about five megalitres of water a day. "In the dry season the town's demand would be around 14 megalitres a day," he said.

Toxic chemicals in Katherine water supply The Northern Territory government has revealed bore water used in Katherine's water supply contains low levels of chemicals linked to firefighting foams.

Northern Territory residents with properties near a military base have been told to switch to bottled water while tests of drinking water for chemicals linked to fire fighting foam is completed.