Another Health Crisis Win By/For Gold Coast Residents

ANOTHER HEALTH CRISIS WIN BY/FOR GOLD COAST RESIDENTS.

Public pressure has seen Council reach a landmark decision to review its sale and use of C class recycled water (TREATED SEWAGE) to address current health risks.

E.coli related illnesses include but are not limited to cholera, diarrhea such as E.coli diarrhea, salmonella or shigella; viral infections including rotavirus, norovirus (which causes food poisoning on cruise ships), and hepatitis A and E; parasites such as giardia and cryptosporidium, and various different kinds of worms including pinworms, ascariasis and tapeworms.

These do not include health threats from toxic and radioactive hospital waste, prescription drugs, illicit drugs or similar toxins that can’t be removed in the the normal treatment process and to which we the residents will continue to be exposed.

COUNCIL MINUTES reveal that this latest decision will result in:
a) Upgrading from Class C to Class A recycled water (TREATED SEWAGE).

b) Implementing additional controls for the implementation and management of recycled water (TREATED SEWAGE) including the introduction of a Local Law.

c) Undertake a Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment (QMRA) of current recycled water (TREATED SEWAGE) uses and users. It is anticipated that based on this risk assessment and the release of new Queensland Recycled Water Guidelines that a number of existing Class C recycled water uses such as public space irrigation (and uses redacted in the report such as golf courses, cane farms, nurseries and Council playing fields) may no longer be assessed as appropriate, if adequate controls cannot be demonstrated on site.

This is just the latest of a number of recent, urgent decisions forced on council by exposure and pressure by residents to reduce the severe public health risks associated with years of dumping sewage (described by council in the disarming terms of ‘waste water’ or ‘recycled water’) into public areas and waterways. Other decisions include a $140 million upgrade to Coombabah STP, years overdue, the upgrade and addition of sewage pumps across the network and the implementation of an improved pump maintenance process. The benefits of some of the major initiatives will not be seen until completion in 2024 leaving the community exposed.

Investigations by a group of residents in the Hope Island, Coombabah and Paradise Point areas over the past two years exposed serious neglect of our critical sewage infrastructure resulting in under capacity, poor maintenance and a failure to make timely upgrades to keep pace with intensive residential development.

Raw sewage levels in our waterways, parks and recreational areas as a result of regular system failures has seen residents, visitors and international tourists unwittingly exposed for years to potentially fatal levels E.coli up to 680 times above safe limits.

Reality finally struck with the heavy rainfall in February which resulted in the failure of 91 sewage pumps dumping raw sewage into our storm water, parks playgrounds and waterways with more than 35 homes being condemned as a result of Blackwater (sewage) contamination.

Alerts and findings published by residents and brought to Council’s attention in writing met with derision, denials and criticism from the Mayor Tom Tate, Councillor Cameron Caldwell (also Chair of the Environment, Planning and Development Committee) and Councillor William Owen-Jones (Finance and Audit Committee). Findings were also ignored by Council’s CEO and met with surprising and total incomprehension by then Councillor Kristyn Boulton (Dep Chair of GC Waste and Water Committee). Cr Caldwell even stated in writing and at a number of public meetings that “C Class waste water (TREATED SEWAGE) WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO DRINK!”.

[EDIT – 18 Nov, 2023. ‘Mayor’ Tom Tate is now driving the insidious Agenda 21/30 ‘Sustainability’ objectives on behalf of the treacherous United Nations/World Economic Forum “You will own nothing and you will be happy” WEF Chairman Klaus Schwab.]

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