Mangrove Mountain groundwater monitoring

In response to the Newcastle Disease Virus poultry emergency at Mangrove Mountain on the Central Coast Plateau in 1999, poultry carcasses and shed materials were buried in three containment pits.

A project commenced in 2001 comprising three to four monitoring bores surrounding each pit to monitor potential impact from the sites on groundwater quality.  Routine project activities may also include:

• Landfill gas monitoring;
• Design, installation and supervision of maintenance works; and
• Decision-support for impact mitigation options.

As part of ongoing management of the Mangrove Mountain sites, NSW Department of Primary Industries has collaborated with Public Works Advisory and an environmental consultant proposing improvements to be made to the pit cap of the Waratah Road site to prevent water infiltration and subsequent leakage.

Download the information sheet on the proposed remediation works.

Map

Information sheets

Status reports

Statistical analysis reports