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OCAL residents were horriďŹ ed recently to ďŹ nd the stream running through the Mellons Bay beach front reserve running ‘white’. John Champion called the Times angry that “someone has poured white stuff from a sub-division and it’s now going down the storm water drain and ending up in the stream that feeds into the seaâ€?. He was also cross at the amount of time that passed before he was told an Auckland Council environmental ofďŹ cer was on the way to the incident. David Frith, Auckland Council’s team leader southern incident investigations says three calls were received from members of the public, concerned at white discolouration of the water in the stream at the 206 Mellons Bay Road council reserve. However, he says, when a pollution incident investigator arrived on the site, the pollutant had been washed away and the stream was again running normally. It was therefore not possible to track back and identify the source of the pollution. “It is not uncommon for painters and/or home handymen to mistakenly wash brushes used with acrylic paint in areas where the washings can enter storm water drains and then into natural streams,â€? he says. “A typical paint brush clean-up is of short duration and, unless happening repeatedly, is often not visible long enough to be tracked back. “On carrying out its investigation, Auckland Council believes this was the situation in this case.â€? An extremely small amount of acrylic paint, Mr Frith says, can affect a surprisingly large volume of water and can be very visually intrusive. “Fortunately it is often not highly toxic to marine life in its highly diluted form and no lasting damage is expected from this incident.â€? The council says residues should be either washed to the sewer, or simply onto the lawn to avoid this situation.
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