In the ocean borders are just lines on someone's map. We all share the one ocean and its health and fate is at one with our own. Around the world there are many groups fighting to give the ocean a voice. Clean Ocean Foundation is this voice in Australia.
In the 21st century the pollution of our ocean and waterways is increasing exponentially. In Australia the worst polluters are the 144 ocean and estuary outfall pipelines that daily dump a toxic cocktail of more than three billion litres of semi-treated domestic, industrial, trade and abattoir waste onto or near the shoreline.
Clean Ocean’s prime objective is to protect our ocean ecosystem, establish sustainable water management practices and close Australia’s ocean outfalls. These wastewater outfalls are the single greatest source of ocean pollution in Australia, yet virtually every Australian would have swum, surfed or fished near one of the 144 outfalls around our country
Freshwater from inland areas is piped to our coastal cities, used once, then dumped into the ocean via environmentally damaging outfalls. It’s a completely unsustainable practice during Australia’s worst drought on record.
The Foundation is establishing a National Database for every outfall in the country. This will be the blueprint for communities, local, state and federal government to move toward closing these pipes forever.
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