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Inquiry into Auditor General Report No.202: Meeting Obligations to Protect Ramsar Wetlands (2016)

Mr Ross Scott

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YOUR SUBMISSIONSubmission: Thank you for the opportunity to make a submission to this very important Inquiry.I am a retired professional engineer, and have a record of working with groups, over some 30 years, in an attempt to improve the ecological condition of the Gippsland Lakes.I have been a Consulting Engineer for Gippsland River Improvement Trusts and Management Boards.Later being General Manager of the Lake Wellington Rivers Management Board.I had input into the 2016 Auditor General's report on Victoria's Ramsar listed wetlands, and was scathing in my comments on DELWP's level of management of the Gippsland Lakes.I have continued to have close contact with Ramsar management in Switzerland, and Australia's scientific representative Professor Max Finlayson ; and have received ongoing support and guidance from them.Alternatively; I have been refused meetings with Victoria's Ministers of Water and Environment; and it is my understanding that has been the result of DELWP advice to the relevant Chief of Staffs.Knowledge and experience of the lakes is now "outside of the tent", and is a threat to the defensive DELWP management.I would like the opportunity to explain how DSE and later DELWP have screwed -up management of the lakes, and continued to cover-up. This has resulted in Australia being in breach of the Ramsar Agreement and Treaties with Japan, China and South Korea.

Do you have any additional comments or suggestions?: The Gippsland Lakes are in a degraded ecological condition;every attempt to have an audit implemented, similar to that of the CSIRO in 1998 has been refused.Currently Federal Minister Darren Chester is attempting to have Government finance the audit; but he is also having difficulty as a direct result of DELWP advice to the Department of Environment.So if your Inquiry recommends an AUDIT of the Gippsland Lakes Ecological Function, similar to that by the CSIRO in 1998; you will have made a very positive step to save the lakes for future generations.

PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4

GIPPSLAND LAKES

WHAT IS ACTUALLY FLOWING DOWN THE

CATCHMENTS?

Anthony Amis July 2019

“There is little recent published information on water quality in the rivers of the

Gippsland Lakes catchment. Although data may be collected through a range of routine

monitoring programs, it has not been consolidated or analysed. This provides little

information on water quality trends in these river systems. The small amount of

published information is related only to salinity, water clarity and total nutrient

concentrations. There is no information on nutrient dynamics, and very little on

toxicants in rivers and streams.”

EPA Victoria. Gippsland Lakes and catchment literature review Report Publication 1585 February 2015.

https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1585.pdf

Image: Gippsland Lakes Catchment. https://www.loveourlakes.net.au/lakes-waterways/


https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1585.pdfhttps://www.loveourlakes.net.au/lakes-waterways/

Ross Scott has been intimately involved in water quality issues for decades. His main focus

over the past decade or more has been the long term future of the Gippsland Lakes,

Australia’s largest inland network of waterways which cover an area of 354 square

kilometres. The Gippsland Lakes contain unique lakes, lagoons and marshes a large portion

of which are listed under RAMSAR (The Convention on Wetlands, known as the Ramsar Convention, is an intergovernmental environmental treaty established in 1971 by UNESCO, which came into force in 1975).

His latest endeavour has been to determine what monitoring is actually being done in

waterways that drain into the Gippsland Lakes. Ross has been concerned for some time about

the increased salinisation of the lakes, which has essentially turned a unique freshwater

ecosystem, marine. The major reason for this has been deep dredging at Lakes Entrance in

recent years, which has allowed vast quantities of salt water to enter the lakes.

Equally concerning has been the deteriorating water quality in rivers across the Gippsland

Lakes catchment. About 15 years ago Ross and Dr Peter Fisher started exploring the issue of

pharmaceuticals entering waterways from the Macalister Irrigation District (MID) (the largest

irrigation area south of the Great Dividing Range covering 53,000ha) and published a

scientific paper on the issue. (Fisher and Scott, 2008, ‘Evaluating and controlling pharmaceutical emissions from dairy farms’, Journal of Cleaner Production 16, 1437–1446)


Ross set up the Lake Wellington Rivers Authority in 1995. The Authority managed 300

named waterways in West Gippsland and Ross eventually became waterway manager for

Gippsland. This experience gave him a vast knowledge of the region and a unique

perspective on water quality.

Image: Lakes Entrance. https://globalpaddler.com.au/gippsland-lakes-paddle-challenge/

Concerns about water quality testing on the Lakes catchment were triggered when Ross

realized that the continuous Water Quality (W.Q.) Station that he had been responsible for

installing in the lower Latrobe River, was not being used by Southern Rural Water (SRW) for

its intended purpose. Recently, it has not been used at all, due in part because of the current

salt water wedge intrusion into Latrobe River. This means no one has any real data on what

wastes are being discharged from West Gippsland into Lake Wellington and what is the

quality of water going into Lake Wellington. (a similar lack of data is also occurring for

waterways entering Lake King which includes the catchments of the Mitchell, Nicholson and

Tambo Rivers).

Ross’s recent investigations regarding the range of WQ tests, and their locations, involved

discussions with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP); West

Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (WGCMA) and the Environment Protection

Authority (EPA). Ross rapidly concluded that there was limited coordination between these

departments; and that Southern Rural Water (SRW), the main player in water management

and monitoring of nutrients into the lake’s catchment and the Macalister Irrigation District

(MID), appeared to operate independently. As of June 2019, Ross has not been able to access

any of the SRW WQ reports; or in fact any reports that would guide managers in lakes’

overall management.


In March 1995, the EPA published “Water Quality and Nutrient Status of Lake Wellington”

Publication 460.

The report stated, “Achieving water quality and nutrient load objectives would be a major step

towards the rehabilitation of the lakes”

The report concluded that Phosphorus was the ‘limiting nutrient’ in inland waters, and that it was the

key nutrient leading to algal blooms. (Note: At the time the EPA published the report, Lake

Wellington was still fresh/brackish).

In 2019 Ross targeted his concerns onto the main WQ monitoring sites in the lower Latrobe and

Thomson rivers; and in March 2019 contacted WGCMA with the following information:

“The monitoring that I have investigated to date is simplistic, and does not cover nutrients,

endocrine disrupters and heavy metals. The process appears designed to give the illusion of

gathering management tools; whilst doing the opposite”.

Examples.

Site 226227 Latrobe River: Kilmany South. Monitors for: Water level; Temperature; Turbidity;

Electrical Conductivity (EC). (Note: There has been no attempt to gather data on nutrients;

pesticides; insecticides; fungicides; antibiotics; hormones; heavy metals).

Site 225232 Thomson River: Bundalaguah. Ditto.

Site 226027 Latrobe River: Swing bridge. Ditto

Ross then added; “It is possible that I have this situation all wrong; and I will gladly be corrected”.

To date Ross has not been corrected.

As already mentioned, Ross is well aware of the water quality issues relating to the Macalister

Irrigation District.


The Macalister Irrigation District Nutrient Reduction Plan, published in November 1998 states:

“Under EPA regulations, the discharge of dairy wastes to streams and drains is not permitted and

all wastes must be disposed of on-farm. SRW also prohibits the discharge of such wastes to drains or

channels of the MID.”

This regulation appears in conflict with MID management plans designed, to acknowledge,

and limit farm waste discharges to the lakes?

On 23rd February 2019, WGCMA advised that,

“SRW run a MID phosphorus load monitoring program; and that we are currently expecting

this to include Nitrogen.”

Lake Wellington and the lake chain have been converted to marine as a direct result of the

2008 dredged deeper entrance. It appears that Nitrogen is now the limiting nutrient and not

Phosphorus; but SRW is not testing for it.

The current WQ Monitoring and Testing programs of the Gippsland Lakes Catchment waters

obviously needs to be investigated. The present uncoordinated system gives the illusion of a

practical working tool; whilst it is not possible to identify and quantify pollutants entering

Lake Wellington and the Gippsland Lake chain.

The lake’s ecology is also currently being impacted by the increased extraction of water from

lakes’ feeder streams. The impact of this over-harvesting is further compounded by both State

and Federal governments financing the construction of winter fill dams for irrigation.

REMEDIAL REHABILITION ACTIONS REQUIRED.

• Implementation of a Parliamentary Enquiry into the management of the Gippsland Lakes; as requested in an email to the Premier in November 2016. And specifically

address the current dysfunctional lakes’ WQ monitoring structure.

• The implementation of an Audit of the Ecological Function of the Gippsland Lakes by the CSIRO; similar to that by the CSIRO in 1998. As requested in Ross’s

correspondence to the Premier, and to Environment Minister Lisa Neville by

Professor Max Finlayson.

• Address the current Dredging Permit issued to Gippsland Ports that allows them to maintain the entrance 2 metres deeper than that required for navigation; with the aim

of reducing the Tidal Prism.

• Fund the Gippsland Environment Group to carry out design, modeling and costing of a submerged salinity barrier in McLennan Strait; as recommended by SKM in their

2010 report on reducing salt intrusion into Lake Wellington and Heart Morass.


Existing Data Gaps

EPA Gippsland Lakes Intensive Water Quality Monitoring

In 1986 the EPA established five sites operating in the Gippsland Lakes, as part of its

fixed site monitoring program. This monitoring included: ammonium, nitrate and

nitrite nitrogen and total phosphorus.

In 2006/7, a further eight sites were established for more intensive monitoring based

on the importance of these areas in the occurrence of toxic algal blooms.

The new Hydrolab sondes were fitted with senses to measure pH, conductivity,

temperature, depth, oxygen levels and chlorophyll-a (on an hourly basis). The results

were automatically sent to the Centre for Environmental Science in Melbourne and

backed up on the EPA central computer system. https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1241.pdf

The EPA continues to measure changes in nutrient levels and algae composition in,

oxygen conditions, toxicants and water clarity at 16 sites across Victoria at the

Gippsland Lakes, Port Phillip Bay and Westernport Bay. It is interesting to note that

the EPA now classifies the Gippsland Lakes as a Marine Environment. When did this

reclassification occur? It is also possible (yet to be confirmed), that the EPA lost their

funding for monitoring and testing in the Lakes catchments in 2016).

According to the State Government: “Three water quality monitoring sites in Lake

King (Lake King North, Lake King South, and Shaving Point) provide information on

catchment derived inputs and marine inflows, and monitoring sites in Lake Wellington

and Lake Victoria provide information on catchment inputs from the western

catchment.” https://yarraandbay.vic.gov.au/report-card/monitoring-programs

Pesticides. Pesticides are regularly used within the Gippsland Lakes catchment, with

some having the potential to seriously impact on the ecosystems of the Lakes. It

appears that there has never been testing for pesticides in the Gippsland Lakes, even

though pesticide use is commonplace at a number of locations upstream. Testing of

waterways feeding into the Gippsland Lakes did not commence until 1993 and then

only for the Mitchell River for a short period of a couple of years.

Sporadic testing for forestry herbicides was conducted very occasionally by the State

Government in the 1980’s and 1990’s, but many kilometres upstream of Lake

Wellington. Some testing has also been undertaken by private forestry owner,

Hancock Victorian Plantations, but the results remain confidential.

SRW ran some tests for the aquatic herbicide acrolein in the mid 2000’s when it was

used to control aquatic weeds in irrigation drains in the MID.

A Pilot Study of Agrochemicals in West Gippsland Waterways was initiated by the

WGCMA in 2007 with grab samples from the Latrobe River near Rosedale and Moe

Drain. Five years later the EPA published a study looking at two catchments in the

upper Latrobe catchment.


https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1241.pdfhttps://yarraandbay.vic.gov.au/report-card/monitoring-programs

The drinking water authority Gippsland Water also began testing for currently

pesticides, again in the upper portion of the catchment in the 2000’s. The closest

proximity to the lakes being Maffra ~25km upstream of Lake Wellington.

“Generally”, Gippsland Water tested for ~10-25 pesticides in raw and reticulated

water at a number of locations between 2006-9 on a 3-6 months or annual basis with

2,4-D and 2,4,6-T tested on a monthly basis. Testing regimes increased in June 2009

to 30 and 63 pesticides in some locations over November 2009 – December 2009.

Generally 40-60 pesticides now tested for on a quarterly basis. The most commonly

detected herbicide being Triclopyr.

East Gippsland Water is the responsible water authority for drinking water east of the

Mitchell River. “Generally”, East Gippsland Water test for pesticides once a year,

either in July or September. Between ~40 to 60 pesticides are tested for depending on

location. East Gipplsland Water has apparently not detected any pesticides in the

Mitchell River.

In April 2013, the EPA published “Impacts of Intensive Agriculture and Plantation

Forestry on Water Quality in the Latrobe Catchment Victoria. (Victorian EPA) http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/our-work/publications/publication/2013/april/1528

This study also included testing for a range of heavy metals, hydrocarbons and other

substances. Locations of the testing were well upstream of the Gippsland Lakes at

Easterbrook Creek in the Narracan Creek catchment and Billy’s Creek and Middle

Creek in the Morwell River catchment.

Anti-Biotics and Anti-Bacterials

One independent study (Evaluating and controlling pharmaceutical emissions from dairy farms: a critical first step in developing a preventative management approach Peter M.J. Fisher,*, Ross Scott. Journal of Cleaner

Production 16 (2008) 1437 – 1446) looking at hormones and insecticides used in the dairy

industry was published in 2008 (testing undertaken in 2002) from tests carried out in

the MID. Not only did the study detect the insecticide DEET, but also Penicillins,

Sulphonamides (anti-bacterials) and Tetracyclines (antibiotics).

Drinking Water

Drinking Water upstream of Lake Wellington is supplied and monitored by Gippsland

Water. Gippsland Water conduct regular testing of drinking water, drinking water

offtakes and raw water storages that supply local communities. Some of this water

testing (eg samples taken from rivers and streams pre-treatment) may be useful in

better understanding what substances are flowing down catchments, however in terms

of Gippsland Lakes monitoring, the information compiled by water authorities reveals

very little at all and can be difficult to access.

Gippsland Water include regular tests for: E.coli, Trihalomethanes, Turbidity,

Fluoride, Aluminium, Chloroacetic Acid, Dichloroacetic Acid, Trichloroaectic Acid,

Molybdenum, Acrylamide, Boron, Chloral Hydrate, pH and Iron. They also monitor

for radiological pesticides, protozoan organisms with additional testing done when the

need arises eg Blue Green Algae.

Less regular testing, depending on location is done for: Nitrite (weekly/6 monthly)

Mercury (quarterly) Chromium (quarterly), Cadmium (quarterly), Nitrate (week/y/6


http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/our-work/publications/publication/2013/april/1528

monthly), Nickel (annually), Arsenic (annually/quarterly), Cyanide (annually),

Selenium (annually quarterly), Beryllium (annually quarterly), Chloral hydrate

(monthly), 2,4-D (monthly), Nitrosodimethylamine (monthly), 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol

(monthly), 2,4-Dichlorophenol (monthly), 2- Chlorophenol (monthly),

Pentachlorophenol (monthly), Chloride (annually/quarterly), Zinc (annually),

Hardness (annually/quarterly), Total Dissolved Solids (annually/quarterly), Silica

(annually/quarterly), Sulphate (annually/quarterly), Manganese (weekly/monthly),

Lead (quarterly), copper, (quarterly),

For water storages not managed by Gippsland Water, the Water Storage Manager

(Melbourne Water – Tarago, Southern Rural Water – Blue Rock and Lake

Glenmaggie) undertakes monitoring and advised Gippsland Water of the results in

accordance with their respective algae management plans.

East Gippsland Water also regularly monitor for E.coli, Trihalomethanes, Turbidity,

Arsenic, Biocides, Blue Green Algae, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Cyanide, Free

Chlorine, Lead, Manganese, Radiological, Colour, Hardness, Iron, pH, Zinc, and

Aluminium. Only some of these test results may be useful in determining what is

flowing down catchments in raw water.

Heavy metals etc

The State Government has been aware since the 1970’s that heavy metals, eg Mercury

and nine other metals had been accumulating in the biota of the Gippsland Lakes.

Sources of this mercury include old gold mining, fallout from burning coal in the

Latrobe Valley and discharges from the Maryvale Pulp Mill, in the Latrobe River

catchment. Mercury has been measured in black bream and dolphins in the Lakes in

recent years. The mercury has been attributed to at least 15 dolphins deaths in the

Lakes over the past few years. There is an estimated dolphin population of only 50 in

the Lakes.


APM were licenced by the EPA to discharge waste water into the Latrobe River for

many years. The waste would have included high amounts of mercury, chromium and

lead. Maryvale’s chloralkali plant Liquid was also allowed to be discharged by the

SEC including chromium, copper and zinc. Between 1956-1974, The APM

Discharged between 500-700 kg/annum into the Latrobe river.

Airborne sources of heavy metals including mercury, selenium, arsenic, cadmium,

copper, lead and zinc were also created by burning of coal at power stations in the

Latrobe Valley.

As recently as 2014 “Elevated levels, above the sediment quality guideline low

trigger values of mercury are located predominantly in the west of the system at the

Latrobe River Mouth, Heart Morass, Lake Wellington and Lake Victoria West.

Elevated levels of arsenic were identified at depth in the Latrobe River and Lake

Victoria East cores. High concentrations of nickel are common throughout the system

and thought to be associated with the local geology.” Source: Assessment of Heavy Metals and Other Contaminants of the Gippsland Lakes Report commissioned by DELWPJ.M. Reeves, and A.

Trewarn Federation University Australia Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia

In April 2015 three Gippsland doctors warned that black bream caught in the

Gippsland Lakes contained high levels of mercury, above the safe limit for pregnant

women and children. The results were based on testing of black bream caught in the

Gippsland Lakes. They also stated that fish, caught in the lakes had not been tested for

mercury since 1997. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-19/fish-caught-in-gippsland-lakes-could-have-high-mercury-doctors/6401428

The Victorian Government then did their own testing which were made available to

the public in September 2015. “Of the 90 black bream that were collected, the

average mercury level of fish fillets was 0.15 mg/kg and the highest level was 0.36

mg/kg. Of the 20 dusky flathead that were collected, the average mercury level of fish


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-19/fish-caught-in-gippsland-lakes-could-have-high-mercury-doctors/6401428https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-19/fish-caught-in-gippsland-lakes-could-have-high-mercury-doctors/6401428

fillets was 0.17 mg/kg and the highest was 0.55 mg/kg. These levels are below the

health guideline values established by Food Standards Australia New Zealand. The

Food Standards Code requires that the average mercury level of these fish should be

below 0.5 mg/kg and the highest level should be below 1.5 mg/kg when 10 or more

fish samples are collected.”

In terms of heavy metals in feeder streams Middle Creek and Narracan Creek, in 2013

the EPA wrote: “Mercury in Middle and Narracan Creeks. Mercury was detected in

sediments from the majority of sites over both rounds of sampling, and often in

concentrations exceeding the ANZECC/ARMCANZ (2000) Interim Sediment Quality

Guideline (ISQG) low level trigger value. Potential sources of the mercury in the

Latrobe Valley include historic gold mining, atmospheric deposition through coal

fired power plants in the Latrobe Valley and burning of vegetation (bushfire and

planned burns). The bioavailability of the mercury was not investigated in this study.” https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1528.pdf

(Note: Narracan Creek Potato sites lie about 20km south west west from the closest coal mines at Yallourn North

and Hazelewood and against prevailing winds. The Middle Creek sites lie 16km south of Hazelwood and 23km

south of Yallourn and would be susceptible to deposition from coal plants particularly from northerly winds).

Algal Blooms

Algal blooms, particularly Nodularia Spumigena are of great concern, because

Nodularia Spumigena can create a hepatotoxin known as nodularin which can

accumulate in seafood such as prawns, mussels and fish. The hepatatoxin can pose a

serious health threat to consumers of the seafood and is also a major threat to the

fishing industry.

“Nodularia blooms are a recurring problem in the Gippsland Lakes. Since1986, there

have been eight major blooms. Before 1986, however, blooms were rare, with only a

handful of blooms reported in almost 200 years of European settlement.”

“Toxic blue green algae blooms are not a purely recent occurrence in the Gippsland

Lakes. Three distinct periods of blue‐green algae activity can be established. A period

of frequent, intense algal blooms prior to the opening of the entrance, followed by a

period of low blue‐green algae activity until the mid 1980s, after which Nodularia

blooms became a regular occurrence…” https://www.loveourlakes.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Gippsland-Lakes-algal-bloom-history-final.pdf

In 2011/2012 summer bloom saw the banning of fish consumption from the

Gippsland Lakes which impacted on the regions tourism, recreational and commercial

fishing industry.

In terms of monitoring, according to the EPA: “In August 1998 regular EPA “fixed

site” water quality sampling and real-time spatial monitoring techniques detected

extremely high levels of Chlorophyll a due to a significant dinoflagellate bloom. The

bloom covered much of Lake Victoria and Lake King and followed a drought-

breaking flood. Subsequent sampling by EPA followed the course of the bloom and

the ensuing development of a bloom of the blue/green alga Nodularia spumigena.”. https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/SR4.pdf


https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1528.pdfhttps://www.loveourlakes.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Gippsland-Lakes-algal-bloom-history-final.pdfhttps://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/SR4.pdf

According to DELWP in 2017, monitoring for Algal Blooms in summer occurs

“…once a week and the results will be publicly available on the DELWP website via

the following link”: https://www.water.vic.gov.au/waterways-and-catchments/rivers-estuaries-and-waterways/blue-green-algae

Results of testing for algal blooms in the lakes can also be seen here: https://www.water.vic.gov.au/waterways-and-catchments/rivers-estuaries-and-waterways/blue-green-algae

PFAS

October 2017: The Department of Defence found elevated levels of polyfluoroalkyl

and perfluorotoalkyl substances (PFAS) in fish, eels and ducks from the Heart Morass

wetland, which is connected to the East Sale RAAF base.

EPA followed this up and sent out warnings about PFAS levels in Heart and Dowd

Morasses south of Sale in early 2018.

In June 2018 Gippsland Water confirmed that PFAS had been detected in recycled

waste water at Dutson Downs recycling plant, but were “apparently” within guideline

levels.

In March 2019, the EPA stated: “Following a statewide testing program of waterfowl,

EPA issued consumption advice for waterfowl taken from Heart and Dowd Morass,

East Sale and Macleod Morass, Bairnsdale, as well as Hospital Swamp on the

Bellarine Peninsula due to PFAS levels above food trigger values,” said EPA Chief

Environmental Scientist, Dr Andrea Hinwood.”

Petrochemicals and Hydrocarbons

No information could be gleaned from these pollutants in the preparation of this short

report


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By Felicity Millner, director of litigation, Environmental Justice Australia

Nov. 25, 2014, noon

Call for power to protect environment

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

VICTORIA'S Gippsland Lakes are under serious environmental pressure.

Community enforcement where local people can discover, report, and take

legal action on water quality issues is an essential tool to tackle the

problem.

Recent media reports have highlighted community concerns about high

levels of mercury (http://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/story/2717084/calls-

for-lakes-mercury-tests/?cs=1450) recorded in the water and even the fish

within the lakes ecosystem.

Levels of mercury are 50 to 100 times higher in places than water quality

standards allow, and are highest in the western part of the lakes system and

catchment, notably in Lake Wellington near Sale and the Latrobe River,

which connects the region to the Latrobe Valley.

Sources of mercury entering the lakes are likely to include the power

industry upstream in the Latrobe Valley and the Maryvale Pulp Mill at

Traralgon (mercury is one of the byproducts of coal-fired power generation).

Concerns about mercury in the lakes go back at least to 1998, when CSIRO

reported "the evidence indicates rising mercury levels in fish and sediment

concentrations are approaching alarmingly high levels. Such exceedances

imply a likelihood of ecosystem impacts ...".

A follow-up Fisheries Victoria study in 2012 found "total mercury

concentrations in sediments from (Lake) Wellington ... are high enough to

pose adverse biological impacts."

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21/11/2019


Mercury is a troubling pollution issue in the Gippsland Lakes, but there are

also other water quality issues.

These are more diffuse, more difficult to manage, but just as pressing.

The EPA concluded in a 'condition report' on the Gippsland Lakes in 2013

that systemic environmental issues include high nutrient loads, which give

rise to toxic algal blooms symptomatic of long-term failures in catchment

management.

Just as disturbingly, the EPA reported that water quality standards for the

lakes are outdated and they "do no allow for appropriate assessment" of

environmental impacts on the lakes.

These 'non-point source pollution' problems are supposed to be dealt with

through catchment management rules and planning.

There's a clear solution to these water quality issues.

It is time to reform Victoria's environment protection and catchment

management laws to facilitate community enforcement of the law.

Neither the government, nor the Environment Protection Agency, has seen

fit to act on the problem or establish ongoing investigations or monitoring.

These issues have been put in the too-hard basket by successive state

governments, either for fear of upsetting a range of regional interests such

as tourism, agriculture, the power industry and logging in the catchment; or

just out of indifference and a willingness to manage crises rather than solve

them.

This is safe National Party territory, so there are not a lot of political gains to

be made by expending resources at this end of the state.

Public agencies charged with acting on environmental problems the EPA,

the Catchment Management Authority and local councils are faced with

fragmented responsibilities and insufficient resources to do the job.

That's why we're proposing a role for local community groups in tackling

pollution.


21/11/2019


It is time we looked at developing 'citizen enforcement' measures to

complement Victoria's environmental laws, so that local communities can

take on the role of 'private enforcers', protecting the public interest where

government cannot or will not.

The Environment Protection Act prohibits pollution of Victoria's waters.

It requires polluters to comply with regulatory standards, but it often fails to

take any action when these standards are breached.

If the EPA doesn't take action, often these breaches go unpunished.

It is difficult, if not impossible, for local community groups to seek to have

these rules enforced in the courts.

What we need are simplified 'citizen enforcement' provisions that facilitate

engaged communities to have environment laws enforced in the public

interest.

These types of rules have been part of the United States environmental law

landscape for more than 30 years.

They have spawned a whole movement of environmental stewardship the

Riverkeepers movement.

Victoria's own planning laws contain similar provisions, which allow 'any

person' to enforce planning permit or planning schemes through the

administrative tribunal system, if councils do not.

Even in the criminal law, any citizen has the power to make a 'citizen's

arrest' of an offender in the course of a crime.

Similar provisions under environmental law would give real teeth to the

powerful ethic of stewardship ordinary people demonstrate for the places

they love, like the Gippsland Lakes.


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From: Ross ScottTo: PAECSubject: Re: Wetlands Inquiry is designed to fail the Gippsland Lakes.Date: Thursday, 21 November 2019 1:16:00 PMAttachments: EDO letter to Gippsland Times.mht.msg

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Committee Secretariat.This email follows my 'phone call of 10.30am Thursday 21st November where I voiced mydismay at the selection of speakers to the Inquiry in Sale on 4th December.Whilst the range of speakers on the day appears very democratic; they are almost withoutfail, organizations that have had little to no interest regarding the lakes rapid ecologicaldegradation.There are ten days before submissions close, and this process precludes any submissionsthat arrive during this period.It is my opinion that whilst the Inquiry has the potential to address the mismanagement ofthe lakes; the proposed current format for the hearing in Sale is a "failure in waiting".May I suggest that that the Inquiry makes itself available to a range of community viewson the lakes mismanagement.Also view "Ross Scott; Gippsland Lakes"; to observed my failed efforts over the years.Regards,Ross Scott. AMIE Aust. 51 567 898

Hi Lake lovers,The lid is now off the worm tin.DELWP has managed to continue to fend off any meaningful monitoring of the lakesenvironment since 2008; but the current Inquiry will now provide the chance for thoseoutside of the tent to be heard.And; I believe the Inquiry finding will result in supporting the implementation of the muchrequested audit of the lakes' ecology.DELWP have not only mismanaged the Gippsland Lakes; they have misled the FederalGovernment and thereby Ramsar; and have also blocked concerned voices.DELWP has also resulted in Australia being in breach of its Treaties with China, Japan andSouth Korea to protect the habitat of migratory wading birds.At present Federal Minister Darren Chester's efforts to have an audit implemented isbeing blocked by DELWP's misleading advice to the Federal Department of Environment.You will recall that Darren committed to initiating an 'independent' Audit of theEcological Function of the Gippsland Lakes by the CSIRO; but his efforts are now beingderailed by DELWP.We need an audit of the lakes' ecology so that we can identify what we have lost; and onlythen can we implement targeted rehabilitation. (It can be done)Ross.


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