Tiwi Islands install fluoridated water system | Pacific Beat

Tiwi Islands install fluoridated water system

Tiwi Islands install fluoridated water system

Updated 25 July 2012, 13:21 AEST

The remote Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin, are surrounded by water.

But getting enough of it to supply the community's growing population, has been a challenge in recent years.

One of the islands now has new water system, and among the first remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory to get fluoride in drinking water.

Presenter: Bridget Brennan

Speakers: Barry Puruntatameri, community leader; Warren Snowdon, Minister for Indigenous Health; Darryl Day, Power and Water Corporation; Marion Scrymgour, local member of parliament

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