Australian Pesticides Map

Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Chemicals
  • Locations
  • Era
  • About us

2006 April: Drain 8 Ardmona. Australia’s highest level of Glyphosate and AMPA

According to the EPA Victoria’s 2006 Environmental Audit of the Goulburn River – Lake Eildon to The Murray River,  the mean annual concentration for Amitrole T in the Central Goulburn and Shepparton Irrigation Areas was estimated to be above the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines by over 250%. As a result of the EPA audit, Goulburn Murray Water had to test for Glyphosate, Amitrole, 2,4-D and AMPA over a 3 year period. (Guideline Heath limits for Amitrole are 10ppb, Glyphosate 1000ppb and 2,4-D 30ppb).

The first test results were disturbing – It is unknown whether the testing has continued.

On the 12th of April 2006, the following levels of Glyphosate and AMPA were recorded in Drain 8, Ardmona, Midland Highway. Glyphosate 10,500ug/L, AMPA 830ug/L. These are likely to be the highest levels of either substance recorded in Australia. These levels are high due to Glyphosate being used against aquatic weeds.

https://baddevelopers.nfshost.com/Docs/gmw.htm

This entry was posted in Water Pollution on February 9, 2015 by Anthony.

Australian Map  -   Nuclear and Uranium   -   Pesticides   -   Drinking Water   -   PFAS   -   Strzelecki Koala


Australia is the stolen lands of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people and sovereignty of these lands was never ceded. We pay respect to Elders, past and present, and acknowledge the pivotal role that Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within the Australian community.

 

All content produced for australianmap.net is licensed Creative Commons License Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License


Website by Website by ActionSkillsActionSkills