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Tonnes of sediment is choking Coombabah Creek, which locals say has settled in the waterway since Serenity Cove development work. Composite: walkingthegoldcoast/Steve Jeffrey
October 4, 2019
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Contaminated water has been discovered spilling from a luxury Gold Coast estate development into a Ramsar-listed wetland site, amid a broader investigation into an unfolding “environmental catastrophe” at the once-pristine waterway. On Thursday the Gold Coast council notified the Queensland Department of Environment and Science that a “private recycled water main” at the Serenity Cove site had broken.

 

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