PFAS testing underway at Tuggerah Lakes
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is undertaking an ambient surface water sampling program at Tuggerah Lakes to help determine the distribution and concentration of any PFAS in the catchment….
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PFAS detected in water
As part of its overall water security and environmental management, Central Coast Council proactively tests its water catchments and estuaries to ensure water quality is safe for community use. As…
Report to be sought on potential impacts of pollutants
The issue of the pollution risk posed by PFAS, ash dams and air pollution, will be discussed by Central Coast Council as a result of a notice of motion put…
EPA delays confirmation of PFAS contamination at power stations
As the NSW Labor opposition makes an election promise to ban toxic PFAS fire-fighting chemicals, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has not produced any new public information about PFAS…
All is not as good as it seems on the Central Coast
I moved my family to the Coast from the hustle and bustle of the big city to retire, after 37 years of being self employed as a Tradie. A sea…
Department disagrees with implication regarding fishing bans
[Forum] I would like to correct the record with regard to your article “Fishing bans in place around Budgewoi Creek and Lake”, published in the Wyong Regional Chronicle, edition 139….
Fishing bans in place around Budgewoi Creek and Lake
Additional testing for PFAS in the Tuggerah Lakes system was promised by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in October 2017, but not delivered until April. The promise followed the…
Blaschke talks about environmental and health hazards
The extent of PFAS and PFOS contamination at the Munmorah and Colongra power station sites remains unknown, according to Mr Gary Blaschke, spokesperson for the Northern Lakes Disability Tourism Precinct….
Greens call for fire station tests
The Central Coast Greens have called for the NSW Environmental Protection Authority to test all local fire stations for contamination from fire-fighting foam containing perfluorooctan sulfonic acid. Firefighting foam containing…
Power station manager warns of unnecessarily alarming the public about PFAS
Mr Steve Saladine, Managing Director of Generator Property Management, the company that now owns Munmorah Power Station, said that it was important not to unnecessarily alarm the public about the…
EPA to advise on PFAS pollution in water
Local politicians and Central Coast Council both say that they are waiting for more information from the EPA about the presence of PFAS fire-fighting chemicals in surface water, ground water,…