
%0 Journal Article
%T The Sydney water incident: July-September 1998
%J New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
%D 1998/09/01
%V 9
%N 9
%P 91-94
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/NB98027
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB98027 
%X Recent events in Sydney have highlighted the difficulties of understanding and managing the risks posed by the water-borne parasites, Cryptosporidium and Giardia. Here we present a brief history from a health perspective of what followed the detection of these parasites at very high levels in treated drinking water and some preliminary analyses of the search for illness associated with this. 
