There's no scientific evidence that water divining works so why is it still popular? | ABC Australia

Roman Dubinchak still gets excited when he finds water.

"Every day when you strike water it's a great feeling because you know you're changing someone's life to a degree, giving them a resource that they can fall back on for the rest of their life," he said.

Mr Dubinchak owns a drilling company in Townsville, north Queensland, and offers water divining, a practice dating to the 1500s, as a service to his rural clients.

"I find divining and picking locations prior to drilling is critical to minimise the chances of drilling dry holes" he said.

But there's no scientific evidence that water divining, also known as water dowsing, works.

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