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2021 June: Kapooka Army Base (NSW) – Elevated risks to people and animals
2020 September: Mansfield Wastewater Management Facility (Victoria). PFAS
2020 September: Shepparton Wastewater Management Facility (Victoria). PFAS
2019 Kilmore Wastewater Management Facility (Victoria) – PFAS
2019/20: Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant. PFAS
2017-21: Castlemaine Water Reclamation Plant – PFAS
2018-21: Bendigo Water Reclamation Plant (Victoria). PFAS
2018 – 2021 Northern Water Reclamation Plant (Victoria). PFAS
2017 – 2021: Lorne Water Reclamation Plant. PFAS
2017 – 2021: Colac Water Reclamation Plant (Victoria). PFAS
2017 – 2021: Black Rock Water Reclamation Plant (Victoria). PFAS
2017 – 2021: Apollo Bay Water Reclamation Plant. PFAS
2017 – 2021: Anglesea Water Reclamation Plant. PFAS
12/9/19: Upper Stony Creek Reservoir #2 (Victoria). PFPeA
12/9/19: Upper Stony Creek Reservoir #1 (Victoria). PFOS
13/9/19: Bostok Reservoir Outlet (Victoria). PFPeA
13/9/19: Korweinguboora Outlet (Victoria). PFAS
16/9/20: Birregurra Basin #1 (Victoria). PFAS
15/1/18: Teesdale Catchment Water. PFAS
2018: Lorne (Victoria). PFAS in Water Supply
2018: Gellibrand Catchment Water. PFAS
2019?: Metung Primary Lagoon. PFAS
2019?: Newmerella Farm Biosolids. PFAS
15/1/18: Mallacoota Raw Water Storage. PFAS
15/1/18: Cann River – PFAS
15/1/18: Bemm River – PFAS
15/1/18: Swifts Creek Raw Water Storage Basin. PFOS
16/1/18: Orbost Raw Water Storage Basin. PFOS
12/11/19: Orbost Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFPeA
2018?: Dinner Plain Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
15/1/18: Dinner Plain Raw Water Storage. PFAS
15/1/18: Omeo Raw Water Storage. PFAS
2019: Omeo Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
11/4/19: Farm site near Lake Victoria Road. PFAS
2018/19: Bruce’s Track Biosolids (Victoria). PFAS
2017: Lindenow Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
2019? Paynesville Waste Water Treatment Plant + Bark Hill Road Farm. PFAS
2019: Lakes Entrance Sludge Lagoon. PFAS
2019?: Bairnsdale Constructed Wetland & Treelot. PFAS
2017/19: Bairnsdale Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
2018: Yarrawonga Waste Water Treatment Plant. Biosolids/PFAS
2018: Baranduda Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS/Biosolids
2019: Rutherglen Waste Water Treatment Plant. Recycled Water PFAS
2019: Yackandandah Waste Water Treatment Plant
2018/19: Dartmouth Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
2018/19: Bright Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
2018/19: Mount Beauty Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
2018/19: Myrtleford Waste Water Treatment Plant – PFAS
2018/19: Wangaratta Waste Water Treatment Plant + Biosolids. PFAS multiple
2018/19: Beechworth Recycled Water and Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
2018/19: Wodonga Waste Water Treatment Plant Discharge/Biosolids. PFAS
2018: Bandiana Pump Station. PFAS
2017 November: Wodonga Raw Water Storage. PFAS
2018 + 2020: Wodonga Creek Raw Water Pump Station. PFAS
Feb 2018: Wahgunyah (Victoria-Murray River) (PFAS)
2018 + 2020: Yarrawonga (Vic) Lake Mulwala at WTP Offtake. PFAS
2021 May: PFAS responsible for drop in Phillip Island seal numbers
2020: 7 Mile Rail Facility, Gap Ridge, Karratha. PFAS in groundwater
2020 August: Allambie Crescent, Wodonga. Cancer cluster?
May 2021: Toxic Chemicals found in at-risk sea lions
24/1/17: Warrnambool WRP Effluent
2017: Simpson WRP Effluent
2017: Portland WRP.
January 2017: Port Fairy Domestic and Industrial WRP Effluent
Jan/Feb 2017: Heywood WRP. PFHxS, PFHxA, PFOS, PFOA
6/2/18: Caramut Groundwater A Bore
2021 April: New Chum Landfill pollution (Ipswich, Qld)
2019 October: Caltex Fuel Depot Kingaroy (Queensland)
2021 February: Wagga Wagga Airport
2021 February: PFAS contaminated soil removed from Wagga Wagga Airport
2018 December: PFAS found at former BHP steelworks (Mayfield) NSW
2021 April: Toxic Chemical Found in Groundwater at BHP’s Newman Iron Ore Hub in Pilbara
23 March 2021: Tonsley (South Australia). Groundwater Prohibition Area announced.
2020? Mount Martha Waste Water Treatment Plant (Victoria) Biosolids
2021 March: Moorebank Logistics Park/Georges River (New South Wales). Sediment
2019/20: Bell Bay AMC Search Firefighter Training Centre.
2021 March: $212m PFAS payout for property value loss and distress, but residents’ contamination fears linger
2017: Allyn River (NSW) PFAS pollution
2018 October: Throsby Creek (NSW). Advice of Seafood
2018: Hunter River Estuary (NSW) Health Advice on Sea Food
2018: Dietary Advice Tilligerry Creek (NSW).
2019: Salt Ash (New South Wales) PFAS pollution from Williamtown Air Base
2017: Cabbage Tree Road, Williamtown (NSW) Cancer and Health Impacts
2015: Fullerton Cove (NSW) Polluted from Williamtown Base
2010’s: Moorebank Intermodal Terminal Site (Sydney NSW)
2020 December: Bayside Council seeks assurances on Botany Bay toxins
2017/20: Ship Creek, Port Central (Gladstone). Fish warning
2020: Port of Townsville (Queensland)
2020: Port of Rockhampton (Queensland).
2020: Port of Bundaberg (Queensland).
2019 February: Lakes in Idalia, Townsville (Queensland). Fish Warning
2020: Canberra Airport Fire Station (A.C.T.)
2021 January: Ginninderra Christian Church. PFAS in Soil
2021 Feb: St Thomas Aquinas Primary School (Charnwood, ACT). Contaminated Soil
March 1 2021: NSW moves to ban toxic firefighting chemical
2021 Feb: Contamination Fears due to Tunnelling under Middle Harbour (Sydney, NSW)
Feb 25 2021: EPA says PFAS-contaminated material not permitted at McLaren Vale landfill
2020: 214 Shenton Street, West End (Western Australia). PFAS
2020: 123 Beverley Terrace + 64 Great Eastern Highway, South Guildford (Western Australia). PFAS
2020: Industrial Site. 521 Dundas Street, Forrestfield, Western Australia. PFAS

Australian PFAS Map

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pfas.australianmap.net is a detailed resource, providing information relating to PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl) substances. PFAS chemicals have been described as “the next asbestos” and have been used in a diverse range of products including: fire fighting foam, scotchguard, non-stick cookware etc. They are bio-accumulative and repel water. They are ubiquitous in the environment.

Australian PFAS Map

This map hopes to inform the general public about the location of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl) substances in the Australian environment.

PFAS chemicals are now ubiquitous in the environment being concentrated in waterways and sediment. The most controversy with their use has been in fire fighting foams used on military bases, airports and industrial areas.

PFAS chemicals have also been used in domestic houses, with common non-stick cookware and the stain repellent spray, Scotchguard being widely used by the public. Some of the highest PFAS levels have been detected in homes and where Scotchguard has been used – including vehicles.

PFAS chemicals have been linked to a number of diseases, yet the Australian Government stubbornly refuses to end the use of PFAS chemicals in Australia, even after they have been banned overseas.