PFHxA (Perfluorohexanoic acid)

2017/21: Cowes Waste Water Treatment Plant (Phillip Island). PFAS
2018/20: King Road WWTP (Coronet Bay, Victoria). PFAS in sewerage
2018: City of Wagga Wagga – Forest Hill Sewage Treatment Plant
2018: Kooringal Sewage Treatment Plant – City of Wagga Wagga
2019: Bolivar AWRP: Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme – Managed Aquifer Recharge Wells
11/3/21: Kaniva (Victoria). Biosolids. PFAS
2019/21: Horsham Biosolids. PFAS
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
2017/20: Clunes Biosolids Treatment Facility. PFOS, PFOA
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
2017/20: Korumburra Waste Water Treatment Plant (Victoria) + Biosolids
2020 September: Mansfield Wastewater Management Facility (Victoria). PFAS
2020 September: Shepparton Wastewater Management Facility (Victoria). PFAS
2019 Kilmore Wastewater Management Facility (Victoria) – 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: Black Rock Water Reclamation Plant (Victoria). PFAS
2017 – 2021: Apollo Bay Water Reclamation Plant. PFAS
2017 – 2021: Anglesea Water Reclamation Plant. PFAS
2019?: Newmerella Farm Biosolids. PFAS
2018/19: Bruce’s Track Biosolids (Victoria). PFAS
2018: Yarrawonga Waste Water Treatment Plant. Biosolids/PFAS
2018: Baranduda Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS/Biosolids
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
24/1/17: Warrnambool WRP Effluent
2017: Portland WRP.
January 2017: Port Fairy Domestic and Industrial WRP Effluent
Jan/Feb 2017: Heywood WRP. PFHxS, PFHxA, PFOS, PFOA
2020? Mount Martha Waste Water Treatment Plant (Victoria) Biosolids
2017: Seaspray (Victoria) Waste Water Treatment Plant
2017: Dutson Downs Waste Water Treatment Facility (Victoria)
2017-2020: Gippsland Water Factory (Morwell) Industrial Waste Inlet and Domestic Waste Inlet
2012: Maribyrnong River (Victoria). PFAS chemicals
2012: Stony Creek (Victoria). PFAS chemicals
2012: Yarra River Estuary (Victoria). PFAS chemicals
2012: Koroit Creek Estuary (Victoria). PFAS chemicals
2012: Laverton Creek Estuary (Vic). PFAS chemicals
2012: Werribee River (Victoria). PFAS chemicals
2012: Werribee River Estuary (Victoria). PFAS various
2018. Kooringal Water Treatment Plant, Wagga Wagga (NSW). PFAS
2018: Forest Hill Sewerage Treatment Plant, Wagga Wagga (NSW). PFAS
2018: Narrung Street Sewerage Treatment Plant – Wagga Wagga (NSW). PFAS chemicals
2018/19 – Barcoo Outlet (South Australia) – PFAS
2018/19 – Patawalong River King Street Bridge (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 November – Mountbatten Grove West Beach (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 November – Ingerson Street West Beach (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Cedar Grove Weir (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Downstream @ Fernvale STP @ Savages Creek (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Logan River @ Helen Street (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Leslie Harris Dam (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: North Pine River @ Petrie Offtake (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Lake Kurwongbah (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Somerset Dam Wall (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Kirkleagh (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Kilcoy Water Treatment Plant Offtake (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb – Apr: Borumba Dam (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Lake MacDonald Intake (Queensland) – PFAS
2010: Marruben Drinking Water (Western Australia). PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, PFOS
2010: Emu Plains Drinking Water (NSW)
2017-18: Werribee South Site 10 (Victoria) – PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, PFOA, PFPpA, PFBS, PFNA, PFDA, PFPeS, PFHxS, PFOS, 6:2 FTS
2017-18: Werribee South Site 9 (Victoria) – PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFDA, PFBS, PFPeS, PFHxS, PFOS,
2017-18: Werribee South Site 8 (Victoria) – PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, PFBS, PFPeS, PFHxS, PFOS, 6:2 FTS
2017-18: Werribee South Site 7 (Victoria) – PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, PFBS, PFPeS, PFHxS, PFOS
2017-18: Werribee South Site 6 (Victoria) – PFBA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, PFBS, PFPeS, PFHxS, PFOS, 6:2 FTS, PFHxA
2017-18: Werribee South Site 5 (Victoria) – PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, PFBS, PFPeS, PFHxS, PFOS, 6:2 FTS
2017-18: Werribee South Site 4 (Victoria) – PFBA, PFPeA, PFBS, PFOS, 6:2 FTS, PFHxA, PFDS, PFOA, PFNA, PFPeS, PFHxS, PFHpA, PFDA,
2017-18: Werribee South Site 3 (Victoria) – PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFDA, PFBS, PFOS, PFBA, 6:2 FTS, PFNA, PFHxS, PFPeA, PFPeS
2017-18: Werribee South Site 1 (Victoria) – PFPeA, PFHxA, PFOA, PFBS, PFPeS, PFHxS, PFOS, PFBA, PFDA, 6:2 FTS
2010/11 – Yass (New South Wales) – PFPeA, PFHxA, PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, PFOS
2010/11: Gundagai Drinking Water (New South Wales) – PFHxA, PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS
2010/11: North Richmond (New South Wales) – PFPeA, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, PFOS
2010/11 – Quakers Hill (New South Wales) – PFPeA, PFHxA, PFOA, PFBS
2010/11 – Blacktown (New South Wales)
2017 – 2021 – Bolivar Waste Water Treatment Plant (South Australia) – PFAS, PFOS, Fluorotelomer Sulfonic Acid (various)

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.