Lemon Springs update April 2022

The cleanup works at the alleged illegal waste dump in Lemon Springs are continuing to progress, with more than 1,200 tonnes of waste now removed from the site.    Groundwater testing was...

Proposed Port Melbourne cement processing facility

Cement Australia Pty Ltd has applied for an EPA development licence for a ground granulated blast furnace slag grinding facility at Port Melbourne. The proposal includes wharf facilities, a storage...

Redevelopment of Lakeshore Caravan Park at Knowsley

Adventures Victoria Pty Ltd has applied for an EPA development licence for the Lakeshore Caravan Park site at Knowsley, near Lake Eppalock. The application is for a wastewater treatment plant, with...

Victoria leads the way in improving ambient air quality

Victoria has just adopted the nation’s toughest standards on ambient air quality for ozone and sulfur dioxide.  The state’s new Environment Reference Standard (ERS) for three typical...

EPA's Broderick Road Clean Up Project nearing completion

Almost 90 per cent of the total waste onsite at the start of the Broderick Road Clean Up Project has now been removed.      Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) Broderick...

Illegal waste disposal at Lara and Werribee proves costly

A Miners Rest man has been convicted, fined $6,000 and ordered to pay $3,000 in costs for dumping skip bin loads of waste on properties at Lara and Werribee. EPA Victoria told the Magistrates&rsquo...

Maryborough wastewater treatment plant

An animal blood processing plant in Maryborough has applied to Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) for a development licence. The application is for a new wastewater treatment plant and...

Notification - EPA AirWatch

Two air monitoring sites in EPA’s statewide network have been decommissioned this week, at Campbellfield and Newborough. Both sites were installed as short term projects and have now completed...

Visit EPA Victoria at Farm World 2022

Farm World is one of Victoria’s premier agricultural shows and Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) will again have a team on site to talk to farmers, businesses and the community...

Cherry Creek and Lake update

The pollution event affecting Cherry Lake and Cherry Creek in Altona could take several weeks to remediate, according to Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA). EPA is continuing to warn the...