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Council fined and cautioned over chemical leak

December 18, 2024 8:10 am in by

A fine and an official caution for Muswellbrook Shire Council from the environmental watchdog.

The EPA has ordered the council to pay $8,000 over a leak of ferric sulphate at the Muswellbrook Water Treatment Plant earlier this year.

The agency says in March between 2500 and 3000 litres of the corrosive liquid leaked from a hole in a storage tank and spilled.

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