Acid plume poisons river after floods

By Ben Cubby
Updated March 14 2013 - 11:47am, first published February 28 2013 - 8:59am
Cattai Creek draining into the Manning River about 10 days after the flood and shows iron/acid plumes. Photo: Brad Diebert
Cattai Creek draining into the Manning River about 10 days after the flood and shows iron/acid plumes. Photo: Brad Diebert

A POISONOUS plume of acid ''comparable to car batteries'' is forming in the Manning River, near Taree in northern NSW, researchers from the University of NSW say.

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