Environmental report gives all clear after extreme rainfall event

Southern Waste Solutions (SWS) has released results from a water quality monitoring program at
its Copping landfill facility, conducted prior to, during and after an EPA-approved, controlled
discharge of surface water run-off due to flooding from an extreme rainfall event in early April
this year.

The report revealed no adverse environmental impacts from the controlled discharge, nor any
uncontrolled release of surface water run-off from the flooding, caused by a 1 in 2,000 year
rainfall event.

SWS CEO Christine Bell said the results demonstrated the effectiveness of the engineering works
at the facility.

“The EPA set stringent conditions on the discharge, and these conditions were all met, as well as
monitoring conducted before, during and after the discharge, which indicated that adverse
environmental impacts were unlikely,” Ms Bell said.

“Importantly, there was also no discharge from either of the leachate ponds at the facility.”

The full report, Copping RDS Surface and Groundwater Monitoring Program Secondary
Stormwater Pond Discharge, 22-29 April 2013 Water Quality Monitoring, is available on the SWS
website at: http://swstas.com.au.
Christine Bell, SWS CEO