PFAS Chemical: PFOS: Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid

2021 Heathfield WWTP Biosolids (South Australia)
2021: Port Pirie Waste Water Treatment Plant Biosolids (South Australia)
2021: Millicent Waste Water Treatment Plant (South Australia)
2021: Finger Point WWTP Sludge Lagoon (Port MacDonnell South Australia)
2021: Naracoorte (South Australia) Waste Water Treatment Plant.
2023 Biosolids North of Gawler (South Australia). PFAS residues in soil.
2023: Biosolids Kadina (South Australia). PFAS residues in soil
2023: Biosolids Blyth (South Australia). PFAS residues in soils
2021 Port Augusta Biosolids
2017: Port Lincoln WWTP Biosolids
2023: Aldinga Waste Water Treatment Plant (South Australia)
May/August 2024: Site 8 Belabula River (NSW) EPA Test site
30/5/24: Site 6 Belabula River (NSW) EPA NSW tests
30/5/24: Site 5 Belabula River EPA Investigation
30/5/24: Site 4 Belabula River (NSW) EPA Water Tests.
4/7/24: Site 2 EPA Investigation PFAS contamination of Belabula River (NSW)
4/7/24: Site 1 EPA Study Belabula River (NSW). PFHxS, PFOS, PFOA
Aug-Nov 2024: WaterNSW disconnects Medlow Dam in Blue Mountains
27/8/24: Cadia gold mine admits PFOS contamination of bore water
2024: Orchard Hills Water Filtration Plant. PFOS
2024: Cascade Water Filtration Plant, Blackheath + Katoomba. PFOS, PFHxS
20/8/24: Cascade Dam Katoomba, NSW. PFAS in drinking water
20/8/24: Wingecaribee River, Berrima NSW. PFOS in Platypus
20/8/24: Ourimbah Creek (NSW). PFOS in Platypus
20/8/24: Morpeth (NSW) PFAS found in water filtration plants and platypus livers in NSW
August 2024: Contaminated PFAS foam found in river along Central West NSW farmland
July 2017/24: Dr Mays Road bores + Reservoir (2)
2018/2023: Bourbong Street, Reservoir, Bundaberg. PFAS, Bundaberg Qld “diluted PFAS shandy”.
May 23 2024: Study finds young girls most sensitive to PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ found in Australian vegetables
May 3 2024: PFAS Chemicals in Australian Drinking Water – A Summary
2010 + 2018/23: Rockhampton drinking water (Queensland). PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS
2010: Parkdale Drinking Water (Victoria). PFOA, PFOS
2010: Menora Drinking Water (Western Australia). PFHxA, PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, PFOA
2010: Kingston Drinking Water (Tasmania). PFPeA, PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS
3/4/17: Australian Government Lowers Safe Exposure Levels of Toxic Firefighting Chemicals
2017-2024: Bolivar Waste Water Treatment Plant (South Australia)
8 June 2022: PFAS in Victorian Biosolids. Compost, Fertilisers and Soil Conditioners Impacted
2 March 2022: Water Industry Pollution of Victorian Waterways with PFAS Chemicals
12 February 2022: PFAS Pollution in Groundwater from Victorian Waste Water Treatment Plants
26/1/22: PFAS Chemicals in Victorian Drinking Water Supplies
21/4/22: PFAS detected in Recycled Water from Victorian Wastewater Treatment Plants
8 May 2021: PFAS Contamination of Recycled Water & Biosolids
2022/23: Rottnest Island Drinking Water
18/1/24: TasWater PFAS detections 2017-2023
2020/23: Wynyard Waste Water Treatment Plant.
2022/23: Longford Sewage Treatment Plant – Biosolids Composite
2020/23: Macquarie Point Sewage Treatment Plant. Sludge
13/7/23: Port Sorrell Sewage Treatment Plant.
13/6/23: Richmond Sewage Treatment Plant. Sludge
19/9/22: St Helens Sewage Treatment Plant. Sludge
7/9/22: Queenstown Sewage Treatment Plant. Sludge
2022/23: Brighton Sewage Treatment Plant – Desludging
2020-23: Rosny Sewage Treatment Plant (Tasmania). Sludge
2020/23: Ulverstone Waste Water Treatment Plant (Tasmania). Sludge
2020-23: Pardoe Waste Water Treatment Plant (Tasmania). Biosolids
2020/23: Burnie Waste Water Treatment Plant. Biosolids
2020/23 – Blackmans Bay (Tasmania) Sewage Treatment Plant
12/12/23: Australia to Introduce National Controls for PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
2020/23: Cameron Bay Sewage Treatment Plant (Tasmania)
2020: George Town Waste Water Treatment Plant (Tasmania) Sludge
2020/2022: Riverside Waste Water Treatment Plant (Tasmania). Biosolids
2014/2023 – Ti Tree Bend Sewage Treatment Plant
2020/23: Hobblers Bridge Sewage Treatment Plant. Biosolids
19/9/23: Smithton Pelican Point WWTP Effluent Discharge + Sludge
18/9/23: Fingal (Tasmania) Sewage Treatment Plant Outlet
2020-23: Selfs Point Sewage Treatment Plant (Tasmania). Effluent, Trade Waste, Sludge
2019/23: Western Junction Sewage Treatment Plant (Tasmania). PFAS
2020: Ranelagh Sewage Treatment Plant (Tasmania) Sludge
2019/23: Prince of Wales Sewage Treatment Plant (Tasmania).
2019: Norwood Sewerage Treatment Plant (Tasmania). Effluent and Inlet
2019/23: Cambridge STP (Tasmania) – Effluent, Influent, Biosolids, Sludge
5/12/23: WHO classifies PFOA and PFOS as carcinogenic and possibly carcinogenic to humans respectively
21/11/23: Victorian Dolphins Face Highest Toxic Pollutant Levels Ever. Gippsland Lakes
21/11/23: Victorian Dolphins Face Highest Toxic Pollutant Levels Ever (Port Phillip Bay)
2012-2024: Moorabool Water Treatment Plant
Oct 3 2023: Perth waste plant leaches toxic PFAS into groundwater
2018+: Shoalhaven River (NSW) PFAS Pollution
2020: Norfolk Island Fire Station Truck
2020: New Norfolk Hospital. PFHxS + PFOS
2020: Norfolk Island Council Works Depot
2020: Norfolk Island – Rocky Point Creek Bore. PFHxS + PFOS
2020/21: Norfolk Island – Headstone Creek
2021: Norfolk Island Broken Bridge Toilets Tap Water
2021: Norfolk Island Mission Creek Tap Water
2020/21: Norfolk Island Public Airport Bore. PFHxS + PFOS
2020/21: Norfolk Island – Town/Water Mill Creek
2020/21: Norfolk Island Mission Creek
2020/21: Norfolk Island Broken Bridge Creek. PFHxS + PFOS
2011: Moreton Bay, PFOA and PFOS detected.
2020/21: Former Port Adelaide Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS chemicals: Multiple
2021: Macartney Road, Salisbury South/Parafield Gardens (South Australia). PFAS chemicals in Groundwater
17 July 2023: Tiger Snakes impacted by PFAS
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
2020/21: Inkerman Landfill (South Australia) – Multiple PFAS
2020: Devonport Airport. PFOS and PFHxS in Eels
January 2017 Cockburn Sound Western Australia.