As we all know, when the winter of Melbourne came, there was a place where people didn`t want it, that is, a 90-minute drive from Melbourne`s City, (Peninsula Hot Springs), the peninsula hot spring in (Mornington Peninsula), Monington Peninsula. Absolutely tourists sign-in intensive projects ah!
The environment is unique, there are more than 20 kinds of water pool, this in the past, definitely is the winter must push the project, each year attracts more than 400,000 visitors around the world.
But recently, it was big, the Peninsula Spa was targeted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The EPA found that it would recharge the hot spring wastewater back into the underground storage system and even return some of the waste water back to the reservoir, which was turned into stagnant water, raising concerns about the agency.
The EPA said it was concerned about the cleanliness of its hot spring groundwater and ordered Peninsular Spa to develop a sewage test plan to assess pollutants and water quality.
Next month, the company will again go to the state civil administration court to continue its investigation into water pollution.
Before that, CEO Davidson (Charles Davidson) of Peninsula Springs said the company did recharge all of its hot-spring wastewater underground, but that some of the hot-spring waste water was returned to the reservoir because of "technical problems." But he stressed that the company did not decontaminate underground. "We are not industrial waste water."
But the Environmental Protection Agency said that the warm spring water reinjected from the peninsula has not been tested for pathogens and bacteria, and that its pumping wells may also take water from the same aquifer, and the practice of storing stagnant water should be stopped immediately. These waste water can breed all kinds of environmental pollution.
This is awkward, a hot spring was intended to kill germicidal, but if the water quality doubt or even bath water has not known how many people have been soaked, this feeling is not so good.
As soon as the news came out, Facebook attracted more than 4000 comments, making it a hot spring complaint conference-
"the last time I saw a woman squeeze a pimples on her boyfriend`s back in the hot spring, I bet there was something wrong with the water."
"people`s dead skin and body hair are floating on the water. Thank you. I`m not going back. "
"remember when we found a dead toad in the water?"
"the last time I went to play with my son, I began to have a serious illness, and it took two years for my stomach to get better." Did you accidentally drink the warm spring water?
"Why would anyone want to go? Taking a bath with a bunch of people makes me feel bad just thinking about it. "
Under the agitation of the crowd, the Peninsula Spa quickly posted a response to the news on Facebook:
"our water is the purest water in the world," says, CEO Charles Davidson, in response to the quality of hot spring water on the peninsula.
The Peninsula Spa is an ideal place to take a bath. Our hot spring water is mineral-rich, deep on the earth`s surface and naturally heated to 54 degrees Celsius and flowed directly into the pool. The water quality is pure and can be classified as potable water source according to EPA standard.
The Peninsula Spa has been committed to ensuring water quality and mobility, ensuring that guests enjoy a world-class bath experience in a carefully monitored bath environment.
At the Peninsula Hot Springs, our guests can rest assured that when they bathe in pure natural water, all of these are guaranteed by state-of-the-art processes. "
But the statement was more like telling visitors that their hot springs were of good quality, and did not answer positively what questions their wastewater treatment would cause.
(Peninsula Spa CEO Charles Davidson)
However, the Peninsula Springs also said that within the next year and a half, a 4-kilometer-long pipeline will be built to discharge excess hot spring wastewater directly into the ocean, rather than into a cistern, and that the pipeline will be completed in the next 12 to 18 months. But in the meantime, hot springs are still open to visitors.
Water quality experts will also be commissioned to assess any wastewater discharged into the aquifer to ensure that the water quality does not have a negative impact on the environment.
Well, here`s the question. Do you dare to go to the hot spring this winter?
