ACT furious at sewage leak warning delay ...

Excerpt from Sydney Morning Herald:

Stanhope furious at lake warning failure

13 November 2007

ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says he's furious it took authorities in NSW five days to notify territory residents that a sewage leak across the border had contaminated Lake Burley Griffin.

The lake has been closed indefinitely after 1.5 million litres of raw sewage last week leaked from Queanbeyan, just across the NSW border, into the Molonglo River.

Mr Stanhope said Canberra residents who used the lake for swimming and boating may have been placed at risk because of the delay in issuing a health warning.
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See - Sewage leak delay.