Water testing reveals coliform contamination

Hardys Bay Residents Group is continuing to test the water quality in the bays with the most recent test of Mudflat Creek, the drain and RSL Creek revealing heavy coliform contamination.

Group member Mr Brent Walker said the campaign aimed at ridding the waters of bacterial contamination to ensure the health of the Bay and its community.

Mr Walker said that while there was no significant difference in the level of contamination at Mudflat Creek between the latest two tests, the drain and RSL Creek showed considerably higher contamination in the second testing.

The most recent inspection was conducted after heavy rains while the earlier one was checked before Christmas when there had been very little rain for some time.

Mr Walker said that unfortunately the NSW Waterways website was unavailable for the posting of results and it was incredible that the site had been unavailable during the majority of the summer periods of both this recent season and the previous.

He also said that consequently, nobody in Waterways had seemingly been able to monitor the issue of providing results of water testing by volunteers in NSW during a critical period when the usage of the waterways had been at its peak.

Newsletter, 4 Apr 2013

Allan Wilson, Bay News