Water Quality Archives - Tasmanian Times

Improvement Shown in Latest Tamar Estuary & Esk River Report Card

The latest report card released by the Tamar Estuary and Esk Rivers (TEER) Program today shows improvement in most grades throughout the...

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Nanobubbles Improving Sewage Treatment

Media release – TasWater, 13 August 2024 Science Week: An Australian first bubbling away in Tassie In an Australian first, TasWater is...

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PFAS Found in Almost All Water Samples

Media release – Friends of the Earth Australia, 18 January 2024 Will landowners take legal action against water authorities for selling PFAS contaminated...

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EPA Approves Tarraleah Power Station Upgrade

Media release – Environment Protection Authority (EPA), 11 January 2024 EPA considers proposal for the upgrade of the Tarraleah Power Scheme’s conveyance no....

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FOTE: Govt Downplaying Pesticide Monitoring in Tas Waterways

Media release – Friends of the Earth Australia, 16 October 2023 Tasmanian Government Downplays Pesticide Monitoring in Tasmanian Waterways That occurred in Launceston’s...

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Call for Better Protections for Hobart’s Drinking Water

Media release – Safe Water Hobart, 21 September 2023 Safe Water Hobart calls for strengthened protections for Hobart’s drinking water Water watchdog,...

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Heavy Metals in West Coast District Hospital Water

Media release – Dr Mark Veitch, Director of Public Health, Friday 3 March 2023 West Coast District Hospital Water Quality The Department...

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Report on Port Arthur Marine Environment

Media release – Environment Protection Authority (EPA), 4 August 2022 EPA welcomes IMAS report on environmental impacts in Port Arthur The Environment Protection...

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EPA Improves Fish Farm Monitoring

Report – Environmental Protection Authority, cited 1 August 2022 Huon Estuary and D’Entrecasteaux Channel BEMP Review Professor Kenny Black and Professor Paul...