NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) responded to a self-report from Ku-ring-gai Council of a leachate leak from a legacy landfill in North Turramurra.
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A Sydney council has been issued an official clean-up notice over orange sludge which leaked into a waterway in a major national park.

Ku-ring-gai Council self-reported a leak from an old landfill in Turramurra to the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) on July 11 which saw a watercourse flowing through Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park polluted with leachate.

The leak was found to be from a faulty pump underneath North Turramurra Golf Course.

NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) responded to a self-report from Ku-ring-gai Council of a leachate leak from a legacy landfill in North Turramurra.
Ku-ring-gai Council self-reported a leak from a landfill in Turramurra to the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). (NSW EPA)

An EPA officer visited the scene and found an orange liquid and sediment from a system wich disposes water from a former landfill site within the golf course.

Photos from the scene show the polluted water flowing through a waterway in the national park.

A clean-up notice was issued to the council which required it to prevent, remove and divert the liquid from the national park.

A replacement pump was later put in place by the Ku-ring-gai Council to stop the leak.

NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) responded to a self-report from Ku-ring-gai Council of a leachate leak from a legacy landfill in North Turramurra.
Photos from the scene show the polluted water flowing through a waterway in the national park. (NSW EPA)

“EPA officers collected samples of the leak and water samples from an unnamed creek downstream which will help inform if there was any impact to the environment,” A NSW EPA spokesperson told 9news.com.au.

“The EPA’s investigation is continuing.”

9news.com.au has contacted Ku-ring-gai Council for comment.
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