Toxic Chemical Threat to Western Australia’s Drinking Water Supply

Toxic Chemical Threat to Western Australia’s Drinking Water Supply
The aluminium plant of manufacturer Alcoa at Point Henry, near the regional city of Geelong in Victoria on Feb. 11, 2012. William West /Getty Images
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A pipeline built without approval by alumina giant Alcoa is at risk of leaking toxic chemicals into a dam which supplies drinking water in Western Australia’s (WA’s) southwest.

The state’s environmental regulator has ordered Alcoa to urgently flush out the pipeline which crosses the Samson Dam, about 100km south of Perth.