GlobalAwareness101 published Sydney Harbour water mysteriously turns blood-red Monday afternoon.
Soooo... this happened Sydney Harbour, Australia Monday afternoon.
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The Daily Mail, UK local
written by Pranav Harish
Monday December 2, 2024
Part of Sydney Harbour has turned a blood red to the shock of residents and visitors, with a local council offering the likely explanation.
The red water was seen on the harbour foreshore at Milson Park in Kirribilli, adjacent to Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sydney's lower north shore, on Monday afternoon.
Curious visitors to the popular harbourside park traced the stream of red water back to a stormwater drain.
A North Sydney Council spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia the likely cause of the change in colour is plumbers dye.
'Council is aware of the red water flowing into the harbour from Milson Park, and officers have investigated but have not been able to find the source,' she said.
'We have reported it to the EPA (the NSW Environment Protection Authority)'.
The substance, which is also known as fluorescein, is not toxic and is also odourless.
Plumbers dye is used to locate the precise point of leaks in plumbing, pipes and drains.
It is recommended that usage of the substance be kept to a minimum, to avoid it issues like that on Monday when it flows on into natural waterways.
A NSW EPA spokesman confirmed the council alerted the agency to the presence of the dye in the drain.
The latest incident comes just months after the water in the bay near Hipwood Street turned fluorescent green on September 25.
The mysterious green substance was spotted pouring out of a stormwater drain.
Authorities determined that too was caused by plumbing dye.
No hazards to marine life or surrounding properties were identified.
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