Snowy Hydro Fined Over River Pollution in Kosciuszko NP

Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project in New South Wales' Kosciuszko National Park, Australia in this undated photo. New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment

It’s unacceptable that Snowy Hydro’s actions allegedly sent a plume of sediment two kilometres down a pristine mountain stream in Kosciuszko National Park, the New South Wales environment minister says.

The Commonwealth-owned energy provider and contractor WeBuild were each fined $15,000 last week for two pollution incidents in the Kosciuszko National Park over three months in 2022.