EPA, Kiama Councillor Andrew Sloan: Human error causes Sydney Water contamination at Bombo

Rebecca Fist
Updated October 22 2018 - 5:29pm, first published 5:00pm
CODE BROWN: Contaminated water near the Sydney Water sewage treatment plant at Bombo, spotted from the air in mid-December, 2017. Sydney Water told residents the incident posed "no risk to public health or the environment".
CODE BROWN: Contaminated water near the Sydney Water sewage treatment plant at Bombo, spotted from the air in mid-December, 2017. Sydney Water told residents the incident posed "no risk to public health or the environment".

Shortly after Sydney Water accidentally released contaminated sewage from its Bombo treatment plant on December 18, 2017, the agency assured the public the brown, tinted water had been fully disinfected, it posed no risk to public health or the environment, and it was likely caused by an equipment fault at the plant, built in 2009.

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Rebecca Fist

Rebecca Fist

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