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‘Drinking PFAS’: water providers call for broad ban on ‘forever chemicals’ amid proliferation fears

Fifty-one sites in NSW have significant PFAS contamination requiring continued monitoring and remediation, EPA tells Senate inquiry

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Water quality expert calls for wider PFAS ban as NSW community seeks blood tests on ‘poisoned’ land

Cost of fixing ‘forever chemical’ pollution should be borne by manufacturers and polluters, not governments and consumers, expert tells Senate inquiry

The Guardian - AU

Sydney’s unusual sewerage system to blame for faecal and fat balls on beaches, experts claim

City invented Australia’s beach culture, environmentalist Richard Gosden says, but all this time ‘it’s been conducted in diluted sewage’

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'Getting worse': unsafe water plagues remote residents

Remote communities are excluded from data about Australia's water quality, which experts warn could be contributing to serious health issues.

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Harmful ‘forever chemical’ increasing in groundwater people rely on for drinking, study warns

Groundwater samples from over 100 wells across Denmark show trifluoroacetate levels have been rising steadily since the 1960s

The Independent UK

Dam in Blue Mountains closed after elevated levels of PFAS chemicals detected

WaterNSW says closure a ‘precautionary measure’ and water supplied from filtration plant to local communities is safe and meets guidelines

The Guardian - AU

Drinking water 'safe' despite cancer-causing chemicals found in platypuses

Likely, cancer-causing chemicals have been detected in Sydney drinking water catchments.

Newcastle Herald

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Water standards in focus as 'forever chemicals' found

Traces of cancer-linked chemicals have been detected in drinking water supplies, prompting an investigation and calls for calm.

AAP

Leading Australian labs retested landscape products for waste companies after contamination findings

Five facilities named in documents tabled in NSW parliament defend practices, as independent experts question whether testing system is failing consumers

The Guardian - AU

'Enormous ramifications': mystery links between PFAS and human health

Evidence came from a study of 69,000 people.

Newcastle Herald

Fifty-year vision drawn up for Murray Darling Basin

Urgent research is needed and a national water body must be reinstated to ensure the health of Australia's biggest river network, according to experts.

AAP

Sick, skinny snakes loaded with forever chemicals

Wild tiger snakes in Perth appear to be suffering the effects of exposure to long-lived, toxic PFAS chemicals.

AAP

Mining dust and bird poo: how clean is the rainwater Australians drink?

People should not assume the water that falls on their roofs is safe to drink, experts say

The Guardian - AU

UNSW academic explores impact of constitutional right to safe, reliable water

A promise to protect Sydney and Hunter water infrastructure in the constitution has opened a conversation about enshrining a right to safe, clean reliable water for all of NSW.

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Murray River towns could see brown tap water for months in wake of floods

Moama’s council forced to reassure residents water is filtered and safe to drink after complaints over colour on social media

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Coogee beach among NSW swimming spots with ‘poor’ water quality amid La Niña deluge

Twice the number of sites have been exposed to concerning levels of pollution and sewage since 2019, government report finds

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With another La Niña under way, experts warn Australia’s east coast remains at high risk

If the latest event brings flooding, it will be the fourth NSW summer in a row marked by natural disaster; in Queensland, the fifth

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Lower Warragamba before floods, locals say

Locals have weighed in on the polarising plan to raise Sydney's Warragamba Dam wall, calling instead for it to be partly drained ahead of flood events.

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NSW city goes a week without drinkable water after floods cause contamination

Dubbo looks to climate-proof water supply as council says backup groundwater couldn’t be accessed

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Western Sydney residents urged to use less water as rain eases, flooding subsides

Dozens of suburbs in Sydney's west have been issued a conserve water warning as the processing plant that services them is forced to slow operations down following the floods.

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Barnaby Joyce’s dam water set to cost 100 times more than market rates

Project backed by the National party is expected to top $162,000 per megalitre if cost recovery is pursued

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Hells Gates Dam in north Queensland likely to be delayed as Labor signals more consultation needed

The future of the Hells Gates Dam in north Queensland is under a cloud with the new Labor government set to delay the $5.4 billion project in favour of further consultation.

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Beetaloo Basin's 'absolutely immense' potential spruiked at oil and gas conference, but big fracking tests loom

Buried deep in the Beetaloo Basin, it's estimated there is enough shale gas to power Australia for 300 years if the industry can work out how to frack it safely. Now, the industry is considering re-injecting wastewater into deep saline aquifers.

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Why Barnaby Joyce's 'gift' to farmers of a $5.4bn dam could create the 'most expensive water' in Australia

Barnaby Joyce's plan to spend $5.4 billion building the Hells Gates Dam dwarfs almost any pledge made during the election campaign. So is the dam, which aims to create an agricultural powerhouse in north Queensland, even viable?

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Queensland's coal seam gas industry still has a big salt problem

A leading environmental engineer says the issue of waste salt from the coal seam gas industry has been underestimated and the current plan put forward by the gas industry would require indefinite monitoring.

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