Water Pollution

2017/18 – Biloela (Queensland) – PFHxS
2017 March – Christies Beach Waste Water Treatment Plant (South Australia). PFOS, PFOA
2018/19 – Yarra River (Yering Gorge) – PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2019 November: Westfalen Community Garden (Collingwood Park, Queensland) – PFAS
2019 November – Cleanaway Landfill (Ipswich, Queensland) – PFAS
2019: Camp Kerr, Wallu (Queensland) . PFAS Bore Water
2017/18 – Rio Tinto Australia Weipa (Queensland) – PFAS
2019 August – Rickabys Creek, Londonderry (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Bundamba Creek u/s Amberley (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Bundamba Creek – George Palmer Park (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018 May: Ross River (Queensland). PFAS in Fish
2018: Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland
2018: Viva Energy Pinkenba Storages (Queensland). PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2019: Brymaroo (Queensland). PFHxS, PFOS
2018: Oakey Groundwater 2km west (Queensland). PFHxS, PFOS
2018 January: Oakey Residents Contaminated Creek (Queensland). PFOS, PFOA
2018/19: Joseph Brady Park (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018/19 – Bremer River at Cunningham Highway (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018/19: Bundamba Creek near Bremer River (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018/19: Bundamba Creek Racecourse (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018/19 – Swanbank Lake (Queensland). Fish Samples PFOS + PFHxS
2018. Kooringal Water Treatment Plant, Wagga Wagga (NSW). PFAS
2018: Forest Hill Sewerage Treatment Plant, Wagga Wagga (NSW). PFAS
2019 September: Sunshine Coast Council to Pump PFAS into Ocean. (Queensland)
2018 April: Five Mile Beach (1km) Hobart Airport (Tasmania) – PFOS, PFHxS
2018 April: Five Mile Beach 500m Hobart Airport (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April – Five Mile Beach 250m – Hobart Airport (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April – Hobart Airport Sinclair Creek (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April – Hobart Airport Sinclair Creek (3) (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April – Hobart Airport Sinclair Creek (2) (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April: Hobart Airport Sinclair Creek (1) (Tasmania). PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April: Hobart Airport Upstream of Runway. PFOS + PFHxS
2018 December – Toowoomba/Oakey (Queensland) – PFAS
2019 August: Gowrie Creek Toowoomba (Queensland) – PFAS Fish Warning
2012 August: Point Cook RAAF Base Williams (Victoria) – RAAF Firefighters Exposed to Toxic Chemicals
2018/19 – Barcoo Outlet (South Australia) – PFAS
2018/19 – Patawalong River King Street Bridge (South Australia) – PFAS
2018/19 Upper Patawalonga River (South Australia) – PFAS
2017/19 – Glenelg North Waste Water Treatment Plant (South Australia) – PFAS, PFOS
2019 April – University Playing Fields West Beach (South Australia) – Contaminated Recycled Water
2019 August – Davis Street West Beach (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 November – Mountbatten Grove West Beach (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 November – Ingerson Street West Beach (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 November: Formosa Avenue West Beach (South Australia) – 6:2 FTS
2019 June: North Esk River d/s Corra Linn Gorge (Tasmania) – PFAS
2019 July – Shell Grit Creek (Mackay Qld)- PFAS
2019 July – Mackay Airport (PFAS)
2018 June: Warrill Creek – PFAS dump (Queensland)
2018 – South Nowra Rural Fire Service
2018: Rutherford Industrial Estate (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018: Orange Airport (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Mulwala – Thales (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Lake Toolooma, Heathcote National Park (NSW) – PFAS
2016/18: Greenacre Fire and Rescue (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Fuchs – Wickham (NSW) – PFAS
2017 – Penrhyn Estuary (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Argenton Mines Rescue Service (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Alexandria Fire and Rescue (NSW) – PFAS
2016 – Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy (QCESA) (Brisbane) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Kemp Place (New Farm, Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016/19 – Ayr Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Coloundra Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Bundaberg Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Maryborough Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Noosa Heads Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Home Hill Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Townsville Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Airlie Beach Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Rockhampton Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Arana Hills Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Southport Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Windsor Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Annerley Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Sarina Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Dysart Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Charleville Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Mt Isa Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Cairns South Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Cairns Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Proserpine Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Enoggera Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Mackay Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016: Gladstone Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2018 August: Herschel Lake (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019 July: Tuggerah Lakes Seafood (New South Wales) – PFAS
2019 July: West Bullsbrook – PFAS impacting on 26 homes (Western Australia)
2019 June: Beremboke Creek (Fiskville, Victoria) – PFAS
2019 June: North Esk River (Tasmania). PFAS
2018 June: Government Investigates Toxic Firefighting Foam Used to Feed Compost (Swanbank, Queensland)
2019 April: PFAS Limits Likely to Lower (Katherine South Northern Territory)
2018 June: Shoalhaven Rural Fire Service Nowra (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 June: Nowra Creek (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 June: Shoalhaven River (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 June: Currumbene Creek Polluted from Nowra Hill Naval Base (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 August: Gnangara Aquifer at Risk (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019 May: Esperance (Western Australia) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Wivenhoe Dam @ Logans Inlet (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Cooloolabin Dam (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Wappa Dam (Queensland) – PFOA
2018 Feb-Apr: Cedar Grove Weir (Queensland) 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.

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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.