Water Pollution

10/7/18: Lower Murray Water Lab Tap. PFAS detection.
2017/21: Cowes Waste Water Treatment Plant (Phillip Island). PFAS
2018/20: King Road WWTP (Coronet Bay, Victoria). PFAS in sewerage
2019 June: Hospital Swamp (Victoria). PFAS
2019 June: Reedy Lake (Victoria). PFAS
2019 June: Barwon River d/s Geelong. PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS
2019 June: Barwon River u/s of Geelong. PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS
2021 September: Barilla Rivulet (Tasmania). PFAS
1/10/21: Leschenault (Western Australia). PFAS Landfill Groundwater
2018: City of Wagga Wagga – Forest Hill Sewage Treatment Plant
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
2019: Bolivar AWRP: Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme – Managed Aquifer Recharge Wells
18/8/21: Cheetham Wetlands (Vic). PFAS contamination
18/8/21: Skeleton Creek (Vic) Fish and Eel Warning
16/2/20: Ararat Waste Water Treatment Plant – Effluent + Influent
16/12/20: Sugarloaf Road Storage (Great Western). PFOS
4/8/15: Lake Wartook – Mt Zero Channel. PFOA, PFNA
4/8/15: Mt Zero (untreated bore water). PFAS chemicals
23/4/21: Maryborough (Victoria) Waste Water Treatment Plant Effluent
23/4/21: Daylesford Waste Water Treatment Plant. Effluent
22/4/21: Ballan Waste Water Treatment Plant – Effluent
22/4/21: Ballarat South Waste Water Treatment Plant. Influent + Effluent
22/4/21: Ballarat North Waste Water Treatment Plant. Influent + Effluent
21/2/17: Welshpool (Victoria) Waste Water Treatment Plant.
21/2/17: Foster (Victoria) Final Lagoon Outlet
21/2/17: Baxter Beach (Victoria) Ocean Outfall.
21/2/17: Toora (Victoria) Waste Water Treatment Plant outlet
2017/20: Leongatha (Victoria). Waste Water Treatment Plant Outlet + Biosolids
21/2/17: Meeniyan (Victoria) Waste Water Treatment Plant Final Lagoon. Not Discharging
2017/20: Korumburra Waste Water Treatment Plant (Victoria) + Biosolids
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
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
15/1/18: Dinner Plain Raw Water Storage. PFAS
15/1/18: Omeo Raw Water Storage. PFAS
2017: Lindenow Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
2019? Paynesville Waste Water Treatment Plant + Bark Hill Road Farm. PFAS
2017/19: Bairnsdale Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
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

Australian PFAS Map

About

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.