Upper Lachlan
Indicator: Contaminated Sites
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What the results tell us for Upper Lachlan
Upper Lachlan Shire Council has recorded two confirmed and six potentially contaminated sites within the Shire boundary (see Table 1). These sites are a combination of landfill sites (4), petrol stations fuel stores (3) and a mineral contaminant.
Wool production occurs in the Shire and it is likely that disused sheep dip sites are scattered across it, though the number and location of these sites is unknown.
Site location | Site type | Potentially contaminated (p) or confirmed contaminated (c) | Landuse activity | Area of site (in square metres) |
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Taralga | Landfill | c | landfill - waste | 18.59ha |
Crookwell | Landfill | P | Landfill - Waste | 7.12ha |
Gunning | Landfill | P | landfill - waste | 5.06ha |
Laggan | Landfill | P | landfill - waste | unknown |
Bigga | Landfill | P | Landfill - Waste | 1.62ha |
Tuena | Landfill | P | Landfill – Waste | 0.63ha |
Collector | Landfill | P | Landfill - Waste | 4.02ha |
Gunning | Petrol Station | P | petrol station | 2,542.4m2 |
Gunning | Petrol Station | P | Petrol Station | 1,112m2 |
Crookwell | Petrol Station | P | petrol station | 314.7m2 |
Crookwell | Petrol Station | P | petrol station | 2,238.8m2 |
Crookwell | Petrol Station | P | Petrol station | 3,767.5m2 |
Crookwell | Petrol Station | P | Petrol Station | 1,553.2m2 |
Taralga | Petrol Station | P | Petrol Station | 448.6m2 |
Binda | Petrol Station | P | Petrol Station | Unknown |
Bigga | Petrol Station | P | Petrol Station | Unknown |
Collector | c | Contaminant (mineral) | 1500 ha |
Source: Upper Lachlan Shire Council
About the data
Information was provided by Upper Lachlan Council. Sites were classed as potentially contaminated on the basis of landuse.