Mine owner urged to halt heavy metals leaching into Sydney water catchment

Boral has just days to tell the environment watchdog what it will do about zinc, nickel and manganese leaching into a river in NSW southern highlands

Multinational company Boral has been told to take urgent action to stop pollution flowing from a disused mine site into the Wingecarribee river in the New South Wales southern highlands.

Boral now has three days left to tell the state's environmental watchdog, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), what it will do to stop zinc, nickel and manganese leaching into the river, which is part of Sydney's drinking water catchment.