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Sally Rewell, manager of the Malabar wastewater treatment plant (right), and Kate Miles, head of system planning and land acquisition at Sydney Water.

The grime balls were a symptom of an ailing sewerage network. The cure could be to drink recycled water

Sydney Water is proposing to add purified recycled drinking water – effluent that has been highly treated back to drinking standard – to Sydney’s tap water supply.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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Purified recycled drinking water is used in many cities around the world. This is how it could work in Sydney.
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From wastewater to your tap

Purified recycled drinking water is used in many cities around the world. This is how it could work in Sydney.

PFAS chemicals have been found in Brisbane’s drinking water.

‘Forever chemicals’ found in blood of nearly 98 per cent of Queenslanders

The synthetic chemicals are found in everyday products ranging from the linings of takeaway coffee cups and pizza boxes to carpets and non-stick cookware. They are almost universally in our bloodstream.

  • Adam Carey and Catherine Strohfeldt
Professor Ian Wright and PhD candidate Katherine Warwick by the Wingecarribee River near Berrima sewage outfall, a known hotspot for platypus.

Revealed: The icky reason behind build-up of forever chemicals in Sydney catchment

NSW has the highest proportion of residents with cancer-causing PFAS chemicals - news which coincides with revelations that wastewater treatment plants are allowed to release treated effluent into rivers and creeks in the Warragamba catchment.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Mike Cannon-Brookes, and before and after images of the earthworks at Malemy farm in Kangaloon.

Billionaire’s bid to build a lake in six weeks spirals into 18-month-long headache

Mike Cannon-Brookes wanted a new lake with a wildlife island sanctuary. Instead, the work left his neighbours’ properties with contaminated water supplies.

  • Lucy Macken
Barrow Island inhabitants include small kangaroos, big perentie lizards, turtles and many native fauna species eradicated from the mainland.

State must crack down on Chevron’s toxic soil use in WA, say advocates

The US oil and gas giant is “privileged” to operate its export plant in a biodiversity haven off the WA coast. But the pollution of the site has become a concern.

  • Emma Young
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Each Australian consumes around 2 kilos of salmon per year.

Planning tonight’s dinner? Don’t eat Atlantic salmon before reading this

Some people are under the illusion that farmed salmon is a sustainable industry. But if you’re feeling hungry, read this first.

  • Peter Singer
Water woes for Greater Western Water customers.

‘Complete shambles’: Data breaches and incorrect bills in Greater Western Water bungle

The company’s long-running billing bungles have led to potential data breaches and delayed property settlements.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
Cyclone GIF. Windy.com.

Supermarkets in Cyclone Alfred’s path to restock shelves 24/7

With the destructive cyclone now on track to make landfall, the deputy premier speaks directly to SEQ supermarkets to keep supplies in stores.

  • Cameron Atfield
Alcoa’s bauxite mining operations near Serpentine Dam have raised concerns within WA’s water utility.

Water Corp suggested new $1 billion desalination plant over mining fears, documents reveal

The utility claimed other agencies tasked with approving Alcoa’s mining activities had been instructed to put social and economic factors above water source protection.

  • Hamish Hastie

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