Australia is having serious problem on water supplies issue, my earlier blog have report on these. Now it is the contamination issue..
Chemical company ordered to extend ground water monitoring
The Department of Environment and Conservation has ordered chemical company Orica to extend a ground water monitoring program around Botany Bay in Sydney's south after tests showed contamination spreading outside an existing exclusion zone.
Orica is already spending $167 million on removing a plume of contaminated water that had threatened to spill into Botany Bay.
Now low levels of contamination have been found in a residential bore at Collins Street in Botany, an area the department's chief executive of operations, Joe Woodward, says should not be affected.
"It is surprising that these new results are upstream of where we thought the ground water was flowing, but the good news is that the results are within drinking water standard and the additional information we've required will allow any new contamination to be picked up," he said.
Opposition environment spokesman Michael Richardson says it is disturbing news and shows the Carr Government can not guarantee where the plume is moving. Read More...
Chemical company ordered to extend ground water monitoring. 08/12/2004. ABC News Online
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
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