Coogee Beach remains closed while authorities await the results of testing to identify the mysterious lumps of grime that washed up on the sand.
Coogee Beach remains closed while it is cleaned of black grime balls that washed up on the sand, as investigations focus on a possible oil slick offshore.
Council workers collected the black balls into piles above the high-tide line and onto the back of a truck on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Council is liaising with the NSW Environment Protection Authority about safe removal.Janie Barrett Professor Ian Wright, a water scientist at Western Sydney University, said expedited testing would usually take 24 hours. He expected the Environment Protection Authority would have results this afternoon.The testing would identify any hydrocarbons, he said, and this would narrow down the possibilities for the source.
Second, Wright said, it was possible it came from the sewage system because the big ocean outfalls at Malabar and Bondi were “not highly treated” and if people put oil or grease down the sink it could solidify and form “fatbergs” with solids in the wastewater.
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