Almost 200,000 Australians are often forced to drink water containing unsafe levels of uranium, arsenic, nitrates, fluoride and E. coli.
Key points:
Almost 200,000 people in remote Australia don't have access to drinking water that consistently meets health guidelines
40 per cent of locations affected are remote Indigenous communities.
A further 400,000 people across Australia regularly drink water that fails aesthetic standards.
Researchers from the Australian National University discovered unsafe drinking water in 115 locations.
Towns and communities in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia are tuaffected by unsafe drinking water.
