A Review of Roof Harvested Rainwater in Australia

Table 6

Incidents of illness and diseases outbreak linked with drinking rainwater. Declared outbreak.

Year	State	Microorganisms	Place	Incidents	Evidence	Reference
1981	New South Wales	Clostridium botulinum	Home location	3	High	[67]
1997	Queensland	Campylobacter	Nursing home	23	High	[68]
1999	Queensland	Salmonella spp.	Working camp	28	High	[69]
2001	Queensland	Salmonella spp.	Nursing home	3	High	[70]
2004	Queensland	Salmonella spp.	Nursing home	8	High	[70]
2004	Victoria	Campylobacter	Nursing home	7	Suspicion	[71]
2005	Queensland	Salmonella spp.	Nursing home	8	High	[71]
2005	New South Wales	Giardia lamblia	Not specified		High	[72]
2006	Queensland	Campylobacter	Holiday camp	46	High	[71]
2006	South Australia	Cryptosporidiosis	Home location	19	High	[73]
2007	Victoria	Salmonella	School camp	27	High	[74]
2009	Queensland	Campylobacter	Island resort	29	High	[73]