DNR highlights growing number of illegal bores ...

From ABC News:

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says bores are being drilled illegally on the Darling Downs.

The department's Gerry Harth says the number of bores being drilled for domestic use around Toowoomba has more than doubled because of a lack of rain.

He says a licensed driller should always be used to avoid contamination of water supplies.
"We're aware in one small town outside of Toowoomba where people are constructing their own bores," he said.

"The aquifer system is very shallow, it's good quality water and there's a fair amount of it.

"They're constructing these bores using hand augers so they are quite easy to drill, but we're also aware that those bores aren't being constructed to [the] department's standards and specifications."

See - Illegal bores.