Off-the-scale clean up as rotting fish threaten water

Off-the-scale clean up as rotting fish threaten water

Specialist crews are being sent to Menindee in outback NSW to remove dead fish from the Darling-Bakaa after the biggest mass in living memory.

Off-the-scale clean up as rotting fish threaten water at Menindee

Having endured droughts and floods, residents in outback NSW are dealing with the stench and clean up of millions of rotting fish as authorities work to protect drinking water. Emergency crews face a logistical nightmare removing millions of dead fish from the Darling-Baaka River, after the worst mass death in living memory. Huge clusters of dead fish have been found at Menindee and Pooncarie, in the state’s far west, as floodwaters receded and …

Off-the-scale clean up as rotting fish threaten water

Specialist crews are being sent to Menindee in outback NSW to remove dead fish from the Darling-Bakaa after the biggest mass in living memory.