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EPA charges lead to $150k rehabilitation project by Coliban Water
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has successfully argued in a Kyneton Magistrates’ Court today (2 March) that Coliban Water must make a significant contribution to rehabilitating damage it caused to Snipes Creek when it discharged treated wastewater to the creek in breach of its EPA licence in 2019.
Coliban Water will pay $150,000 towards the rehabilitation project to the ecosystem of Snipes Creek, which is a tributary of the Campaspe River, and will also be placed on a two-year bond and pay costs of $10,000 to EPA.
In December 2020, at the Kyneton Magistrates Court, Coliban Water pleaded guilty to EPA charges of causing or permitting an environmental hazard and pollution of waters. The Court also recorded convictions on those charges.