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Dam operator Seqwater admits residents near Leslie Harrison Dam on Brisbane's bayside were not warned about asbestos-contaminated soil being removed yesterday.
Topics: water-supply, water-pollution, water-management, asbestos, land-pollution, brisbane-4000
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CSIRO research director for onshore gas Dr Damian Barrett says it is quite common for methane gas to leak from water bores.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, water-pollution, water-management, environmental-health, mining-rural, beef-cattle, daly-waters-0852, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedGas emitting from a water bore on a cattle station is likely to be naturally occurring, according to a CSIRO scientist.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, water-pollution, water-management, environmental-health, mining-rural, daly-waters-0852, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAsbestos-contaminated soil is being removed from around the Leslie Harrison Dam on Brisbane's bayside by dam operator Seqwater, which insists there is no threat to local drinking water.
Topics: water-supply, water-management, water-pollution, asbestos, land-pollution, capalaba-4157
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| UpdatedThe Department of Defence says it will offer "alternate drinking water" to landholders in Katherine whose properties have been tested as part of an investigation into possible contamination on and around RAAF Base Tindal.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, water-pollution, katherine-0850
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A conservation group launches an appeal against a NSW court decision that allows a coal mine near Lithgow to release wastewater into Sydney's drinking catchment.
Topics: water-pollution, coal, industry, mining-industry, water-management, pollution, environment, nsw, sydney-2000, australia
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| UpdatedThere have been a number of significant diesel spills in Hobart's Derwent Estuary in the past year, the Environment Protection Authority says.
Topics: environment, pollution, water-pollution, hobart-7000
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The Defence Department delays releasing results of water tests performed to see if chemicals from old firefighting foams are present in three areas in the Northern Territory.
Topics: environment, pollution, water-pollution, defence-and-national-security, health, tindal-raaf-0853, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedVets from a wildlife welfare group help a white rhino that had trapped its snout in a washed-up car tyre, and was unable to eat or drink.
Topics: animals, land-pollution, water-pollution, animal-welfare, zimbabwe
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| UpdatedLow levels of a toxic chemical once used in firefighting foam are detected in some water sources near East Sale RAAF Base.
Topics: defence-forces, air-force, environmental-health, environmental-management, chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, water-supply, water, water-pollution, east-sale-raaf-3852
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| UpdatedTamworth Council says its staff were negligent in reading test results of bore water supplies found to contain high levels of uranium.
Topics: environment, pollution, water-pollution, water, water-management, water-supply, health, environmental-health, bendemeer-2355, kootingal-2352, moonbi-2353
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| UpdatedA team of Canberra scientists invents world-first technology to cheaply and efficiently sterilise and desalinate drinking water.
Topics: water-pollution, science-and-technology, water-supply, water, physics, canberra-2600, act
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The State Government steps in to clean up the contaminated water supply of a small town near Tamworth.
Topics: water-supply, water-pollution, water-management, water, environmental-impact, woolomin-2340
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There's one important piece of the puzzle we're missing when it comes to antimicrobial resistance. Wastewater used in agriculture could see resistant bacteria may find its way into our food as well.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, environment, health, veterinary-medicine, rural, water-pollution, pollution, food-safety, australia
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| UpdatedThe owners of a Chinese coal carrier which ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef, carving a 2.2-kilometre scar and leaving a trail of fuel, agree to pay $39.3 million to the Australian Government.
Topics: water-pollution, pollution, environment, federal-government, government-and-politics, rockhampton-4700
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There are fears plastic debris from a failed shark barrier trial on the New South Wales far north coast will harm marine life.
Topics: water-pollution, environment, shark, lennox-head-2478, lismore-2480
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Topics: environment, marine-biology, water-pollution, shark, lennox-head-2478
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A Murray River lock will be lowered in an attempt to draw salt out of the lower Darling River.
Topics: irrigation, rural, rivers, water-pollution, environmental-policy, environmental-management, water-management, water-supply, murray-darling-basin, mildura-3500, wentworth-2648
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