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<\/p>\n\u201cDuring sustained rainfall, our network can\u2019t manage our stormwater that finds its way into our network, creating the need for us to discharge into the Brisbane River.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat has been ongoing since the commencement of the project and will continue until we\u2019ve completed the replacement of both pipes within the siphon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe signalled and communicated to community groups, to the Department of Environment, that there will be times, with the reduced capacity of the siphon, that there will be discharges.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arnold said the discharges were from a point in Morningside and all complied with regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time there\u2019s a discharge, we take that very seriously,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to make sure the community is protected, so we issue emails and communicate to river users in the area that there has been a discharge.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ask them not to make contact with that area of the Brisbane River between Vic Lucas Park at Bulimba, all the way up to Colmslie Beach Reserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brisbane City Council is required to publish the results of its water quality monitoring program.<\/p>\n
A reading detecting 500 colony-forming units per 100 millilitres of water suggested \u201cthere may be a significant risk of high levels of illness transmission\u201d in the water.<\/p>\n
In the weeks after Cyclone Alfred, readings detected more than three times that amount in Colmslie, West End and Indooroopilly.<\/p>\n
Resident Adam Bowden began a community group to advocate for cleaner waterways, after bacteria levels spiked in Cabbage Tree Creek, near the Sandgate Wastewater Treatment Plant.<\/p>\n
He said the revelations of the discharges into the Brisbane River were \u201cabsolutely disgusting\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Adam Bowden started a community group after local waterways were found to be contaminated.Credit: Nine News<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, we cannot continue to let this happen. I am mind-blown by this data,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew the situation was bad but this is worse than I expected.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want people to come to Brisbane and see a beautiful, clean city. If we continue on the path we\u2019re going, we\u2019re not going to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n