Sydney Harbour waters turned green all of a sudden by... a plumber?
Parts of Sydney Harbour looked a bit too green this week
People who went to Sydney Harbour were shocked to see the water in parts of the iconic area turngreen this week. The culprit: A dye that was dumped on the water, reportedly by a plumber.
The water was green on Wednesday (Sep 25) in Careening Cove at Milson Park, Kirribilli, a posh neighbourhood in Sydney that also houses an official residence of the prime minister.
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It resembled the water in the American city of Chicago during the St Patrick's Day event when the water is deliberately dyed green annually to mark the occasion celebrated by Irish Catholics.
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The water in the Australian harbour looked like it had “radioactive stuff you see in superhero movies,” an onlooker was quoted by 9News as saying.
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But apparently, the dye is non-toxic. Confirming this, the Fire and Rescue Department of New South Wales said it is likely to be a fluorescein dye.
The origin of the dye was located at a stormwater drain in Kirribilli and could have entered thousands of areas.
“So it’s unlikely we’ll be able to identify the source, where it did come from because there’s just so many access points into the storm water … in that area,” Adam Dewberry, a superintendentfrom Fire and Rescue NSW,was quoted as saying by The Guardian newspaper. “We’ve identified it’s non-toxic … There’s no evidence of any marine damage, fish kills...there’s no staining on any of the boats that are in the bay there, or around the wharves or the shoreline.”
Later, Sydney Water workers fully flushed the drain by about 6.40 pm, News.com reported.
It cited a North Sydney Council spokeswoman as saying that there were no major pollutants in the green water. “Spill socks were placed into the stormwater drain channel to stop further pollution from entering the bay,” it quoted her as saying.
“At this stage, our engineers believe the substance is likely to be fluorescein, which is used as a dye for plumbing works,” she added.
(With inputs from agencies)
