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24.01.2022 There is still a blue green algae alert for Lake Eppalock. Thank you Sallyanne Craig for your continued research and interest in our community water. The following extract has been shared from her post.... Given the research around the potential spread of Covid-19 through wastewater, why is @Coliban Water and @Lend Lease still dumping wastewater into the Campaspe, which feeds directly into Lake Eppalock? Isn't this a source of drinking water for Bendigo and Heathcote? And this is just adding to the existing known danger of cyanobacteria neurotoxins, linked with neurological disease like MS, MND and Alzheimers. Lake Eppalcok is entering its seventh month of being poisonous even. to touch. The time for using our community rivers as industrial tips is long past. https://www.sciencedirect.com//arti/pii/S0048969720336433

17.01.2022 Community day at Mosquito Creek Fire Brigade everyone welcome

16.01.2022 Throwback to mid 1980. Finding hidden treasures during ISO.

15.01.2022 This is the noxious river dumping pipe of Coliban Water and Lendlease from their failing sewerage plant at Kyneton this morning. For the third day running it is... set to spew 3,000,000 litres of wastewater into the fragile Campaspe ecosystem, from where it will make its way into Lake Eppalock. That will be over 10,000,000 litres dumped into a small and already choked waterway across just a few days. And it's just the start of the KWRP's winter dumping spree. Since December of last year, the Bendigo water storages of Lake Eppalock have been toxic to the touch and poisonous to the brain with neurotoxins pumped into the water by bluegreen algae that feasted up on all the previous years' nutrient burdening. Coliban Water will tell you this new dumping is 'within licence'. What they won't tell you is that this licence is archaic, and new Coliban Water CEO Damian Wells (who happens to also be exEPA ~ go figure!) has himself described it as a 'licence to pollute'. They will also tell you it meets dilution requirements, but they are stiil peddling fake facts. The readings are taken 43kms away, and do not reflect river flow at the point of wastewater outflow. All this #@!* is entering the river without safe dilution levels. Which makes it DANGEROUS to people and ecologies. With the links between high nutirent levels, cyanobacteria neurotoxins, and fatal neurological diseases including MND, MS and Alzeimer's becoming clearer and stronger, why are not Coliban Water and Lendlease committed to forgoing river dumping in favour of safe technological treatment and full legitimate reclamation? A number of links are included for people to do their own research on the health implications of decades of dumping. Of course, the Campaspe continues past Lake Eppalock and into the Murray-Darling, which has already been found to be suffering an MND disease cluster. I''d be talking to my insurance lawyers if I were Lendlease or Coliban Water. Thankfully, my normal human conscience would never allow me to be them!! https://www.sciencealert.com/link-between-algae-and-mnd https://theconversation.com/toxin-linked-to-motor-neuron-di https://ama.com.au//algae-could-be-behind-deadly-disease-o http://www.australasianscience.com.au//could-algal-toxin-c https://www.theaustralian.com.au//2e8d55deede2d7f2cfc11655 http://www.waterra.com.au//me/r385/system/attrib/file/326 PS Page is open for sharing, should you want others to know

12.01.2022 Many reports of great rain over the last two days with a recording of 84mm by some. And a beautiful double rainbow shone over the lake today. Check out pics from the holiday park. And let’s pray we can all be celebrating at Xmas. Stay Safe Stay Home

12.01.2022 Less than 24 hours until the Mozzie Creek open day......come on down for 5 minutes or a few hours. Give us the chance to say 'thank you' for your support and for the fire care you've shown over the past few years

12.01.2022 The water level is rising and with another 10-20mm of rainfall predicted this Friday we may just hit 50% capacity .

11.01.2022 A timely reminder blue green algae still present at the lake and more contaminated water being flushed into it. https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au//blue-green-algae-co/

07.01.2022 Wishing everyone a Happy Easter. And the best news is the lake has risen nearly 5% since end March.

02.01.2022 The water level at Lake Eppalock has dropped noticeably & rapidly -1.90% This is the reason... A high flow delivery to the environmental water holder commenced Monday 14 September 2020 from Lake Eppalock. Releases will ramp up to a peak release of 1,400 ML/d for 2 days on 16 and 17 September before stedily receeding back to 150 ML/d.... www.g-mwater.com.au managing-... See more

01.01.2022 The blue green algae warning finally removed, the lake level is rising with the rain 41.45% The blue green algae warning finally removed, the lake level is rising with the rain 41.45%

01.01.2022 Mozzie creek crew looking for some help..