Emma Mcbryde | 3rd November 2011
Tags
contamination,
fitzroy river,
mines,
water
Elly Steel refuses to drink Rockhampton water after she found
what she believes is a residue of yellow sulphur and coal dust
inside her filtered tap water.
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THERE'S something in the water according to Elly Steel.
It may not be a monster shark, but the Rockhampton woman
believes it could be just as life-threatening.
Mrs Steel will only drink spring water and San Pellegrino after
discovering a thin yellow-green residue in her tap water filter
three days ago.
She believes it could be yellow sulphur and coal dust from the
Fitzroy River.
Despite the Department of Environment and Resource Management's
reassurance no mines are currently discharging into the Fitzroy
catchment, Mrs Steel said she believes the Ensham and Mt Morgan
mines are behind the horrible smelling residue.
She said she believes they are still discharging into the
water.
Mrs Steel's husband, Bill, said he couldn't even offer his
friend of cup of tea for fear he would poison him.
"I'm jumping up and down because I've got cancer and thyroid
problems and I have to drink it," Mrs Steel said.
She is worried Rockhampton water could be contributing to her
illnesses.
For more than 20 years the Steels have been drinking tap water
from the Fitzroy River, five of those they have spent using their
$490 water filter.
Doug Annetts provides the replacement water filters for the
Steels and about 5000 other Central Queenslanders.
He said the problem could not come from the filter if it was
changed every six months, as the Steels say they do.
Rockhampton Regional Council yesterday said after receiving Mrs
Steel's call, Fitzroy River Water logged a job to dispatch a crew
to flush the lines in the area.
Council said they would call Mrs Steel to discuss whether that
may have been the issue.
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By AsUsual from Wandal
on
3/11/2011 at 8:41AM Suggest removal » | Post reply »
There is definately something wrong with the rocky water. its
tastes aweful. im having to buy bottled water. if only there was a
university in town that had smart enough people to actually study
and publish the water facts. they could then put it in the local
paper and shame the council\government into doing something.
By yamostlyidiots from Rockhampton City on 3/11/2011 at
12:07PM Suggest removal » | Post reply »
For the last six months my wife has been generally unwell, with
dehydration and gastro. She was chatting with a friend about it and
she suggested drinking bottled water. For around a month she has
been doing so, and feeling much better, at least about the water.
It seems to be a popular subject around town at the moment and we
know of quite a few sick people suffering from similar problems.
the majority of them have resorted to also buying their water, and
we are yet to hear of anybody who isnt feeling better simply by not
drinking the town water. Fair enough, we all know the council cant
admit there is anything wrong with the waterways, that might make
them liable .... Dont they run the water suply around here
.....
I remember a few years ago a project (Australian Army off
memory) that made clean drinking water from one of the worlds most
polluted sources, might have been in India, but we are not worth
the cost .... Thanks council ....
I see the roundabouts on the south side are getting more love,
but we get very little, Theres been a chunk missing from the
footpath out front of my house for about 4 months. Wait, I guess
I'm lucky to have a footpath AT ALL out front of my house ....
Council wont be interested in fixing it until someone falls into it
and sues them, then it might get prioritized.