This is the same hazardous chemical that contaminated the Oakey water supply in Qld from the nearby Army Air base.
The same chemical that contaminated the water table around an air base in N.S.W. and now found in Bundaberg water table in QLD. Do you live nearby a military air base that has been around for a long time and has fire fighting capability?
Bundaberg suburb's contaminated water turned off a week after PFAS concerns raised
Bundaberg Council has switched off drinking water from a reservoir in the suburb of Svensson Heights after unsafe levels of the potentially toxic chemical PFAS were confirmed in the water.
Queensland Health said it was alerted by the council of a potential threat to the drinking water last week.
Bundaberg Mayor Jack Dempsey released a statement on Friday saying the contaminated bore was "immediately" removed from the area's supply system and that properties were already receiving water from other sources.
But chief health officer Jeannette Young said council notified the public health unit on Thursday, April 5.
She said she became aware the following day and further tests this week confirmed high levels of PFAS in the suburb's drinking water. PHOTO: Svensson Heights is close to Bundaberg Airport, a former RAAF station. (ABC News: Johanna Marie)
The council said it switched off the water on Wednesday this week and began draining the reservoir.
PHOTO: Svensson Heights is close to Bundaberg Airport, a former RAAF station. (ABC News: Johanna Marie)
