Serious contamination in brisy river

[scuba-steve]

HYDROCHLORIC acid has been leaking into the mouth of the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay since before 8am.

A serious contamination leak has more than 23 fire fighters on site trying to control the incident.

Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said the acid is leaking from a container ship and that it “looks like there is more than 30 litres leaking into the water per hour’’.

“It has been a protracted incident and we are planning to remove the container from the ship in the next hour,’’ she said.

It is understood the Department of Emergency Resource Management is on site.

Port of Brisbane authorities have been unable to be contacted at this stage.

[dhess]

What a joke.

23 fire fighters to control a leak of 30L per hour. 30L an hour is nothing and will disperse super quickly in the current with only a localised pH spike.

Just dump in enough sodium hydroxide (draino) to neutralise it.

HCl (hydrochloric acid) + NaOH (draino) -> H20 (water) + NaCl (salt)

[elops]

Wont do anything only acid, could not even detect a difference in PH 10 meters away.

[scuba-steve]

you should see some of the post on the couirmail site, not much .. but still i like the way the couirmail word it . when i first seen it i was like shit oil or something then they said the acid and 30l a hour is like meh not that much .

[Guest]

HYDROCHLORIC acid has been leaking into the mouth of the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay since before 8am.

A serious contamination leak has more than 23 fire fighters on site trying to control the incident.

Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said the acid is leaking from a container ship and that it “looks like there is more than 30 litres leaking into the water per hour’’.

“It has been a protracted incident and we are planning to remove the container from the ship in the next hour,’’ she said.

It is understood the Department of Emergency Resource Management is on site.

Port of Brisbane authorities have been unable to be contacted at this stage.

Cheers for the update