Sydney Water revealed as nation's biggest dumper of mercury

By Natalie O'Brien
Updated April 5 2015 - 2:08am, first published 2:00am
Mercury pumped into the ocean: Children play in the shallows of Malabar Beach. Photo: James Alcock
Mercury pumped into the ocean: Children play in the shallows of Malabar Beach. Photo: James Alcock
Mercury pumped into the ocean: Children play in the shallows of Malabar Beach. Photo: James Alcock
Mercury pumped into the ocean: Children play in the shallows of Malabar Beach. Photo: James Alcock
Mercury pumped into the ocean: Children play in the shallows of Malabar Beach. Photo: James Alcock
Mercury pumped into the ocean: Children play in the shallows of Malabar Beach. Photo: James Alcock
Mercury pumped into the ocean: Children play in the shallows of Malabar Beach. Photo: James Alcock
Mercury pumped into the ocean: Children play in the shallows of Malabar Beach. Photo: James Alcock

Sydney Water has been revealed as the nation's biggest dumper of mercury into Australian waters, pumping 40 kilograms of the toxic metal out of its deep ocean outfall pipes at Manly and Malabar in the past financial year, according to figures released by the federal government last week.

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