West Lakes Soil Testing

West Lakes Soil Testing

Current Information

Location Maps

This page has been established to make available the latest information regarding the West Lakes soil testing issue. As more details become available over the coming days and weeks, updates will be posted. (To view the pdfs below, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, freely available from Adobe. Click on the graphic on the right).

Current information

• Precautionary testing of selected reserves in the wider West Lakes area.

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• Press Release from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) - 27 October, 2000
• Letter to residents in the assessment area - 12 October 2000
• Questionaire to residents in assessment area
• Important, read this before viewing the results
• Current Results - Click on the Maps below to view a full size version.

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• Letter to residents - 9 October 2000
• Summary of EPA Investigations
• Summary of Historical Information
• Copy of letter to residents - 26 September, 2000
• Press Release from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) - 29 August, 2000
• Press Release from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) - 25 August, 2000
• Copy of letter to residents - 25 August, 2000
• Chronology of events

Location Maps

A series of maps has been produced to help inform the public on the West Lakes soil testing program.

• Map 1 identifies the broad assessment area
• Map 2 identifies the initial testing locations and highlights the concentrations of cadmium detected at each location.
• Map 3 identifies locations which were targeted in the second stage of testing which commenced on August 30.

This page was last modified 21-04-2006