2010’s

2018+: Shoalhaven River (NSW) PFAS Pollution
2017 Lake Macquarie (NSW). Low levels of PFAS in seafood
2011: Wivenhoe Dam (Qld). PFAS
2011: Moreton Bay, PFOA and PFOS detected.
December 2016-June 2018: Lower Canning River (WA). PFAS chemicals
December 2016-June 2018: Canning River Estuary (WA) PFAS chemicals
December 2016-June 2018: Upper Swan Estuary. PFAS chemicals
December 2016-June 2018 Middle Swan Estuary. PFAS
December 2016-June 2018: Lower Swan Canning Estuary Surface Water. PFAS
2017: Australia-wide assessment of perfluroalkyl substances (PFASs) in landfill leachates
Nov 30 2022: Study Finds Evidence of Chemicals in Australian’s Dating Back to 1975
30/7/19. Share Street, Kilkenny (South Australia). PFAS in Groundwater
2013-20: Home Hill (Qld). PFAS detected in Bore Water
2010-20: Nelsons Borefield, Ayr. PFAS detected
2015-2020: Conlan Street Bores, Ayr (Queensland).
2010-2020: South Ayr (Qld). Raw Water Quality
26/9/22: Mick Tisbury’s 12 year fight to protect firefighters from PFAS toxic foam contamination
2018/21: Altona Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS pollution
2016-2021: Pakenham Waste Water Treatment Plant.
2016-2021: Somers Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS pollution of Groundwater and Biosolids
2016-2021: Boneo Waste Water Treatment Plant. Multiple PFAS detections
2016-2021 – Blind Bight Waste Water Treatment Plant. Groundwater polluted with PFAS
2019/21: Hughes Street/Port Road, Woodville South – Groundwater Pollution PFAS
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
2018: City of Wagga Wagga – Forest Hill Sewage Treatment Plant
2018: Kooringal Sewage Treatment Plant – City of Wagga Wagga
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
2016/2022: Jandakot Airport (Western Australia). PFAS
2019/21: Horsham Biosolids. PFAS
4/8/15: Lake Wartook – Mt Zero Channel. PFOA, PFNA
4/8/15: Mt Zero (untreated bore water). PFAS chemicals
2017/20: Clunes Biosolids Treatment Facility. PFOS, PFOA
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
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
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
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
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
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

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.