Soil Sediment

2019 June: Reedy Lake (Victoria). PFAS
2019 June: Barwon River d/s Geelong. PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS
28/9/21: PFAS detected in soil at Alice Springs Fire Station
2021 March: Byron Bay, Butler Street Reserve (NSW) – Former Landfill Site
2017-20: Port Stanvac Refinery (closed 2003). PFAS Contaminated Site
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) GW (OS)
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 37
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 39
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 36
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 35
4/5/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 04
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 34
2021 April: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 06
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 33
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 1
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 31 PFAS
2021 April: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 08 PFAS
2021 April: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 07
2021 April: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 05
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 02 PFAS
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 03: PFAS
2016 November: Jandakot Airport (Western Australia). PFAS
2021 August: Swanbank A coal fired power station. PFAS
11/3/21: Kaniva (Victoria). Biosolids. PFAS
2019/21: Horsham Biosolids. PFAS
2017/20: Clunes Biosolids Treatment Facility. PFOS, PFOA
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
2019?: Metung Primary Lagoon. PFAS
2019?: Newmerella Farm Biosolids. PFAS
12/11/19: Orbost Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFPeA
2018?: Dinner Plain Waste Water Treatment Plant. 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
2018/19: Wangaratta Waste Water Treatment Plant + Biosolids. PFAS multiple
2020 August: Allambie Crescent, Wodonga. Cancer cluster?
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
2021 April: Toxic Chemical Found in Groundwater at BHP’s Newman Iron Ore Hub in Pilbara
2021 March: Moorebank Logistics Park/Georges River (New South Wales). Sediment
2019/20: Bell Bay AMC Search Firefighter Training Centre.
2010’s: Moorebank Intermodal Terminal Site (Sydney NSW)
2020: Port of Townsville (Queensland)
2020: Port of Rockhampton (Queensland).
2020: Port of Bundaberg (Queensland).
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
2021 Feb: Contamination Fears due to Tunnelling under Middle Harbour (Sydney, NSW)
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
2020 – DFES Training Academy (Forrestfield, Western Australia). PFAS
2021 February: Farmer concerned about PFAS contamination (Queensland). PFAS
2021 February: Avenue Street/Collins Street/Alexandra Street – Bundaberg (Queensland). PFAS contaminated soil
June 2 2020: Milleara Integrated Learning and Development Centre (Keilor East). PFAS contaminated soil
2020 March/April: 178 Foote Street, Templestowe. Contaminated soil PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2020 October: Ravenhall Landfill – West Gate Tunnel soil
2018/20: Hoxton Park Rural Fire Service (NSW) – Sediment
2018: Lavington (Rural Fire Service) (NSW) – Sediment
2020: Dawesley Creek (South Australia). Water and sediment
2020 September: Dog’s Victoria, Skye. Contaminated Soil
2018: Reedy Lake (Victoria). Water Fowl, PFOS, PFHxS, PFAS
2018: Lake Wellington (Victoria). PFAS chemicals
2020 September – Traces of PFAS found at Gold Coast Sewage Treatment Plant
2020 September – Maddingley Brown Coal, Bacchus Marsh. PFAS soil dump
2020/2021: Hi-Quality – Sunbury Road, Bulla (PFAS contaminated soil dumped)
2020 August: West Lake Residents Warned PFAS Sewerage Sludge (South Australia)
2020 March: Protest Against PFAS Laden Soil – Bacchus Marsh (Victoria)
2020 March: PFAS Stockpiles Melbourne’s Inner-West
2020 February: Hobbs Road Wyndham Vale – Toxic Soil Dump Plan
2020 March: Worst of PFAS contamination revealed on West Gate Tunnel
2020 March: Werribee (Victoria) Protest Against Soil Dumping Plan
2020 January: West Gate Tunnel Builders Seek to Terminate Contract (Victoria)
2019 May: Mavie Street, Darwin (Northern Territory) – Contaminated Waste
2020 January: West Gate Tunnel Boring Machines Idle (Victoria) – PFAS contaminated soil
2019: 42 Quill Way, Henderson (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019: 230 Gull Road, Nambeelup (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019 – Old Cadjebut Mine (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.