Binary fire update - March 2006
Update
Clean up works continue at the Binary site
The department has constructed a 15-megalitre dam for use as an on-site water treatment plant as part of ongoing cleanup works at the Binary site in Narangba.
The construction of the dam is part of the State Government's commitment to ensuring contaminated water is treated and removed from the site, significantly reducing the threat to the surrounding environment.
The new dam will be used to treat contaminated water and also to create extra water storage capacity during heavy rain events.
A water treatment plant, designed in-house by the department experts, will be installed in the coming weeks to treat the remaining contaminated water stored in containment dams on land adjoining the Binary property.
The department is working in close collaboration with Caboolture Shire Council on the clean up. Council has assisted the project by carrying out earthworks in the early stages and now with the release of contaminated water to council's sewerage system.
More than 1.3 megalitres of contaminated water has already been removed and treated by the Caboolture Shire Council's sewage treatment plant. Monitoring of council's sewage treatment plant effluent has shown the contaminated water is being effectively treated.
The department's on-site water treatment plant will further reduce the amount of contaminated water stored on the site and will allowing the Agency to focus on treating contaminated soil on State and council-owned land adjoining the Binary site.
A strategy is currently being developed for the treatment of contaminated soil from the area impacted by the fire. The feasibility of a number of soil treatment options is being investigated.
The Agency appreciates the Caboolture Shire Council's assistance with clean up and containment works at the Binary site. Council has and will be reimbursed for any costs it incurs for works related to the clean up.
The Agency's program of clean up works for land adjoining the Binary site is expected to be complete within 12 months.
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