Public Health Alert for recreational activities in the River Derwent

Public Health advises the public to avoid activities that involve full immersion in water, such as swimming. The advice applies to the River Derwent between Austins Ferry and Old Beach in the north to Sandy Bay across to Howrah in the south. This is due to a failure of a biological treatment process, resulting in incomplete treatment of effluent being discharged into the Derwent.

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