Original story by William Rollo, ABC News
Investigations are underway into the cause of a large fish kill at a central Queensland waterway.
Council probes Clermont lagoon fish kill. More than 1,500 fish have washed up dead at Hood’s Lagoon in Clermont in central Queensland since Monday. Photo: Stephanie Keyte
More than 1,500 fish have washed up dead at Hood’s Lagoon in Clermont since yesterday morning.
Isaac council acting chief executive Scott Riley says the issue is not related to water quality problems at Dysart.
He says council workers have observed fish gasping for air.
“I think the issue we are dealing with in Clermont is more of a routine maintenance type of issue that’s linked to the normal maintenance of the town’s supply system, whereas in Dysart, it’s been a water quality issue in terms of the defined supply via the pipeline,” he said.
He says it could be linked to stormwater contamination.
“We have observed fish that have been gasping for air which indicates there may be low levels of oxygen … in the water,” he said.
“It appears that there may have been an event where low oxygen levels were caused when we installed essentially some backwashing of stormwater lines.”
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