Canberra sits in a very privileged position far upriver within the Murray-Darling Basin. The water in our rivers flows downstream, through three states, to support many rural communities.
Because of this, we have a responsibility to treat our wastewater to a very high standard before returning it to the environment.
Our wastewater facilities use complex treatment processes to remove the nutrients, organics and harmful organisms within human waste. This means that our processes were not built to effectively treat for the substances found in animal faeces or certain household chemicals.
To meet our high standard, we need to actively discourage the flushing of anything that might disrupt our delicate river ecosystems. Like, for example, animal faeces.
