Clean Ocean Foundation

Our future is bound to the health of the one ocean we all share.
Worldwide, there are many groups striving to give our ocean a voice.
This is the role of Clean Ocean Foundation in Australia

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Sick after Swimming near an outfall?

In recent times, there have been reports of people falling ill after engaging in activities such as swimming, surfing and snorkelling in areas near outfalls. If this applies to you, we would appreciate if you could fill out our form and email it to info@cleanocean.org so we can investigate the severity of the impact of these outfalls.

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surfers GET SMART on
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

We can reduce ocean acidification and raise awareness with this new initiative.

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What you can do

water waste

Bathtubs of water

Waste water discharged from Australia's outfalls water since opening this page.

Sign our petition to stop the waste.

NO DOO (Deep Ocean Outfall) for Merimbula

Can you believe it?
It's 2021 and the Bega Valley shire want to build an deep ocean outfall! For the past three years COF has been supporting better, more economical options backed by the Merimbula community group SWAMP. Now, local surfers have taken a stand with their community to protest this outfall.

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Founded in Victoria in 2000 by beachcombers, swimmers, fishermen,
surfers and other lovers of the sea, we are an environmental charity
focused on issues related to ocean pollution.

Clean Ocean supporting Partners:

OUR GOAL

Our oceans need a voice. We're changing that.

WHAT IS THE NATIONAL OUTFALL DATABASE?

First We

Discovered

This project has created a National Outfall Database that integrates information about pollutants arising from sewerage treatment and their distribution from sewerage outfalls around Australia

Now let's WORK

Conserve

Information on Australia's 181 sewerage outfalls requires ongoing reporting and consolidation to provide a clear understanding of their impacts for governments & coastal communities

IT'S UP TO US

Change

We now need to develop national uniform standards to link decision makers, water authorities and local coastal communities in planning to reduce coastal pollution and provide water security to thirsty nation.

WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

HELP US DRAFT NATIONAL STANDARDS

REPORT ON YOUR OUTFALL

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN COMMUNITY MONITORING

Clean Ocean Foundation plans to conduct pilot trials of community monitoring related to sewerage outfalls later this year. The plan is to then implement the monitoring program over Australia's coast during 2018-2019. If you, or a group you belong to might wish to engage with us on monitoring these outfalls and want to know more, please fill in your details below and we will be in touch.