Broken Hill's water not contaminated, say authorities, despite health fears

Residents post images of discoloured water and children's sores and rashes, which parents say appeared after bathing in or drinking the water

Health authorities have assured residents of a regional New South Wales city its water supply is not contaminated after panic spread that children bathing in Broken Hill's water were developing sores and rashes.

Some of Broken Hill's 19,000 residents have been posting images to social media showing skin conditions they say their children developed after bathing in or drinking the city's water. Photos are also appearing on Facebook of murky or discoloured water residents say they fear to use.