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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/
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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)
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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.
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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.
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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.
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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.
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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.
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
https://www.water.vic.gov.au/waterways-and-catchments/rivers-estuaries-and-waterways/blue-green-algaehttps://www.water.vic.gov.au/waterways-and-catchments/rivers-estuaries-and-waterways/blue-green-algaehttps://www.water.vic.gov.au/waterways-and-catchments/rivers-estuaries-and-waterways/blue-green-algae
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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."
Page 1 of 3Call for power to protect environment | Gippsland Times
21/11/2019
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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.
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21/11/2019
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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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PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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
ENTRANCE DREDGING PLOT ; discussion notes. 2nd Dec.docxFinlayson; Gippsland Lakes Forum April20 Forum.pdfRoss C.V. March 2009.docGIPPSLAND LAKES .doc; Confusion.docGIPPSLAND LAKES; Brief Summary of Situation, April 2012.docx; FoE , WQ report..pdf
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.
PAEC - Ramsar Wetlands Inquiry Submission no. 4
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