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WindRider

QLD

839 posts

WindRider

QLD, 839 posts

8 Feb 2011 9:41am

I contacted the EPA and the local council about some hazardous materials found on some of the SE beaches. From this the council has now contracted a cleaner company to clean up the SE beaches and will take a few weeks to be completed. I assume other beaches are in the same process.

jakranz

VIC

126 posts

jakranz

VIC, 126 posts

8 Feb 2011 1:19pm

WindRider said...

I contacted the EPA and the local council about some hazardous materials found on some of the SE beaches. From this the council has now contracted a cleaner company to clean up the SE beaches and will take a few weeks to be completed. I assume other beaches are in the same process.

We should keep an eye on the water quality too. The last EPA reading was 31 January, will be interesting to see how the latest one goes.

pmspud

VIC

7 posts

pmspud

VIC, 7 posts

8 Feb 2011 3:33pm

There were tyres, TV sets old frigerators ,tree stumps and thousands upon thousand of bottles strewn over the beach for miles ... and the water is a murky
brown colour .It would seem that water quality will take a while to get back to normal. I have never seen the beach in such a sad state before.

K Dog

VIC

1847 posts

K Dog

VIC, 1847 posts

8 Feb 2011 5:44pm

Despite conditions lots of kiters and a few windsurfers at St Kilda on Sunday.

Get those Giardia tablets out boys :P

jakranz

VIC

126 posts

jakranz

VIC, 126 posts

8 Feb 2011 9:38pm

WindRider said...

Here is teh EPA link for the beach report. The last post was today.

~~http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/beachreport/~~

Thanks Stephen, Looks Beaumaris is reasonably clean, let's hope for some westerly or easterly at Ricketts South. Surprisingly the rest is close to acceptable around 400, with Mentone, Aspendale and Bonno needing some more time to recover. Even Pookipa was within limits.

Jman

VIC

881 posts

Jman

VIC, 881 posts

8 Feb 2011 10:34pm

I sailed at Elwood tonight, apart from the brown colour the water is fine for windsurfing, I didnt see any drift wood or rubbish foating around and the beach had been raked.

Bondalucci

VIC

1580 posts

Bondalucci

VIC, 1580 posts

8 Feb 2011 10:57pm

Water quality still an issue.....

This little fella was caught at Elwood today!

CROWEMAN

VIC

268 posts

CROWEMAN

VIC, 268 posts

8 Feb 2011 11:07pm

Bondalucci said...

Water quality still an issue.....

This little fella was caught at Elwood today!

Was down at Dendy St this morning with the mut - she partially ate a tasty half decayed fish just like this. Beach has been cleaned up pretty well though and the SLSC kids were doing their drills in the shallows when I went for my run this evening. Still pretty murky though - although I'm now the proud owner of a spanking new Sherrin that washed up. Thing is, I haven't got a clue how to bounce it...

jakranz

VIC

126 posts

jakranz

VIC, 126 posts

9 Feb 2011 10:11am

CROWEMAN said...

Bondalucci said...

Water quality still an issue.....

This little fella was caught at Elwood today!

It probably won't bounce well with all the lead in it.

WindRider

QLD

839 posts

WindRider

QLD, 839 posts

9 Feb 2011 3:03pm

I drove along the bay from Mordy to Altona today to a client's site and the water is still a bit brown, but does not look as bad as the last flooding. EPA are still stating the water quality is fair at some beaches and others good. Please check with the EPA website for your beach. Also check the water samples data to. This will give a better idea on what is happening and which beach is getting closer at being a good state.

~~http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/BeachReport/default.asp~~

Jman

VIC

881 posts

Jman

VIC, 881 posts

9 Feb 2011 8:16pm

WindRider said...

I drove along the bay from Mordy to Altona today to a client's site and the water is still a bit brown, but does not look as bad as the last flooding. EPA are still stating the water quality is fair at some beaches and others good. Please check with the EPA website for your beach. Also check the water samples data to. This will give a better idea on what is happening and which beach is getting closer at being a good state.

~~http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/BeachReport/default.asp~~

Mentone to Carrum is more pulluted than the city beaches

I did hear that the Carrum ponds had overflowed into the patto R.

WindRider

QLD

839 posts

WindRider

QLD, 839 posts

10 Feb 2011 7:59am

Bonbeach Tv is in todays Age newspaper. Plus soem of beaches water quality levels. Looks like StKilda has got worse since the start of the week.

The Bonbeach TV made it into the Age newspaper today. See online article below.

www.theage.com.au/environment/sustainability/it-never-rains-but-it-plumes-20110209-1an33.html

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