Media 2018
During heavy rainfall in late Jan 2018, wastewater overflowed from the Broome South Waste Water Treatment Plant into Roebuck Bay for three days. The ponds overflowed again again mid Feb 2018.
Its been a phenomenally wet start to 2018 with Broome recording its wettest January of all time (941mm). Unfortunately, the heavy rain and wind associated with the low, has bought down a lot of trees, and worst of all, the Broome South Waste Water Treatment Plant has overflowed into Roebuck Bay in January and again in February 2018. Read all the news to hand below…
2018 MEDIA ON ROEBUCK BAY
- Ramsar infotainment Wetlands Australia »
- Wettest January in history West Australian Jan »
- Sewage overflow warning Shire of Broome Jan »
- Wastewater overflow into Bay ABC Feb »
- Kimberley database Ranglands eNews Feb »
- Bushtuckers heal bay Rangelands eNews Feb »
- Plastic bags banned Advertiser Jul »
- Supermarket bag ban Advertiser Jul »
- Ready for plastic bag ban Shire News Jul »
- Signs about stormwater Advertiser Jul »
- Jellyfish sting diver pain Advertiser Jul »
- Film explore prehistoric Happenings Oct »
Keep Our Bay Clean bags are being sewn by the community to replace plastic bags, which too often end up in our coastal waters.
Mud and Saltwater Film Fest was screened at Sun Pictures over two nights in August 2018.