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8/2/23: Extension of northern Adelaide groundwater prohibition
2020/21: Inkerman Landfill (South Australia) – Multiple PFAS
2017: Australia-wide assessment of perfluroalkyl substances (PFASs) in landfill leachates
Jan 1 2023: Chemical romance of toxic relationship: what you need to know about EDCs
22/11/2022: Groundwater Prohibition Area for Beverley and Surrounding Suburbs
30/7/19. Share Street, Kilkenny (South Australia). PFAS in Groundwater
14/4/19: Mount Gambier Fire Station. PFAS
2019/21: Hughes Street/Port Road, Woodville South – Groundwater Pollution PFAS
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
2021 April: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 06
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
May 2021: Toxic Chemicals found in at-risk sea lions
23 March 2021: Tonsley (South Australia). Groundwater Prohibition Area announced.
Feb 25 2021: EPA says PFAS-contaminated material not permitted at McLaren Vale landfill
2020/22: Port Pirie Smelter (South Australia). PFAS detected in groundwater
2020 August: West Lakes (South Australia). Fish and Mussel Samples. PFAS, PFHxS
26/8/20: West Lakes Storm Drain (South Australia). PFOS, PFHxS
2020: Dawesley Creek (South Australia). Water and sediment
2020: CFS Brukunga (South Australia) – PFAS
2020 August: West Lake Residents Warned PFAS Sewerage Sludge (South Australia)
2017 March – Christies Beach Waste Water Treatment Plant (South Australia). PFOS, PFOA
2017 October: RAAF Base Edinburgh- Off Site (South Australia) – Wheat
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 July: Evanston Gardens (South Australia) – Contaminated Site
2018 December: High levels of PFAS contamination linked to Adelaide firefighting boat (South Australia)
2019 January: Adelaide Airport Offsite (South Australia) – PFOS & PFHxS
2019 January: Baltic Avenue – Adelaide Airport (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2019 January: Adelaide Airport near Tapleys Hill Road (South Australia) – PFOS & PFHxS
2019 January: Adelaide Airport Navaid Rd (South Australia) – PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airport MacKay Crescent P37 (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November – Parafield O’Neill St P36 (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airfield Bore P35 (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airport Bore P34 (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airport Bore P9 (South Australia) PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Bimini Cres (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airport – Former Fire Training (South Australia) – PFOS & PFHxS
2018 October: PFAS Australian Wastewater Treatment Plants (National Report)
2016 March: Landfill Contamination (Australia)
2010: Glenunga Drinking Water (South Australia). PFHxS, PFOS
2018 December – Salisbury Council/Kaurna Park Wetlands (South Australia) – PFAS
2018/19 – Largs North Fire Station (South Australia) – PFAS in Firefighters
2011 Glenunga (South Australia) – PFHxS
2017-2022: Bolivar Waste Water Treatment Plant (South Australia) – PFAS, PFOS, Fluorotelomer Sulfonic Acid (various)
2018 June – Port Lincoln Viva Energy (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 – RAAF Base Edinburgh (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 – Adelaide Airport (South Australia) – PFAS
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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

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.

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