Campaspe River
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Contaminated water flows again
Contaminated water is once again flowing down the Campaspe River as Coliban Water admits to another unauthorised release from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant. It is the 11th time since 2007 that undiluted Class B or Class C water has been released from the plant to the river. The water authority last week advised the…
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Simple really
Huntly Barton, Greenhill Re. ‘Foul water fear’ (Express, April 23), all Coliban Water needs to do is pump water from Lauriston Reservoir so they can shandy their C grade water and be compliant with the EPA. Simple.
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Contaminated water fear for Campaspe River landowners
Landowners along the Campaspe River downstream from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant fear they may have been drawing contaminated water from the river for the past decade. Unusually high stock deaths in recent years and the disappearance of aquatic wildlife have led landowners like Huntly Barton to demand answers from Coliban Water in relation to…
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Disclosure wanted
Huntly Barton and Raelene Bailey It was brought to our attention last week via a Midland Express news report that a discharge of one million litres of raw sewerage spilled into Post Office Creek in 2016, for which Coliban Water was fined $100K. We live on a farm on the Campaspe River which is below…