Sydney Water failed to properly test before declaring ‘no known Pfas hotspots’ in catchments, inquiry finds

More attention needs to be given to rapidly evolving issue of contamination of waterways with ‘forever chemicals’, committee’s chair saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney Water did not perform “an appropriate level of due diligence” before claiming there were no known Pfas hotspots within its drinking water catchments, a state parliamentary committee has found.The New South Wales upper house committee tabled its 16 findings and 32 recommendations on Thursday following an inquiry triggered by reporting in the Sydney Morning Herald that detected elevated levels of some “forever chemicals” in parts of Sydney’s drinking water catchment. Continue reading...

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