Four of five water bores have been closed in the remote north-west Queensland town of Dajarra after unacceptable levels of uranium were found in the water.
Dajarra is 150 kilometres south of Mount Isa and hotel publican, Richard Ryan, says there was no announcement of the uranium in the water.
Mr Ryan says people should have been fully informed straight away and states that everyone is under the impression that it's E. coli.