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Callide Power Station owner CS Energy will hold public information sessions to inform the community in the wake of testing results revealing PFAS chemical detections in groundwater near its Biloela facility.
The sessions follow last month’s revelation PFAS chemicals above public health guidelines were found at seven of 21 properties along Callide Creek, downstream of the power station.
The Queensland Government owned energy company will be joined by independent environmental firm Epic Environmental, Queensland Health, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Department of Environment and Science at the “walk-in sessions”. Water rushed down this gully, from CS Energy s Callide Power Station, into Callide Creek. Photo Cameron McCrohon / Central Telegraph