Wellington Council is warning residents to avoid swimming or other recreational activities in the
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Macquarie River at the Bushranger Creek junction following a partially treated waste water
discharge incident at the Wellington Waste Water Treatment Plant.
On Sunday 20 July 2014 approximately 20KL of partially treated waste water was discharged from
the treatment plant into the nearby Bushrangers Creek. The discharge was the caused by a region
wide power failure causing the plant to release partially treated waste water into the nearby creek.
The Environmental Protection Authority, Office of Water and Department of Health were notified of
the incident.
Automatic event notification measures minimised the volume of the discharge to the nearby
Bushrangers Creek with the plant being brought back to normal operational procedures within 20
minutes of the power failure at the plant.
Wellington Council continues to work with the EPA to improve emergency response procedures at
the Wellington Waste Water Treatment Plant in line with current legislation and to further minimise
the environmental impact of the facility.
