A West Australian farmer and ecologist has described mining giant Alcoa as negligent following its unauthorised construction of a pipeline, which resulted in the threat of toxic chemicals leaking into a drinking water dam in the South-West.
The WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation issued the company with a prevention notice on Thursday, following concerns around the pipeline, built as part of a PFAS treatment plant at its Willowdale bauxite mine, about 130 kilometres south of Perth.
