Impacts from methyl violet dye pollution leak on stream and fish
Rights: Eel image © Auckland Council and Stream image © Te Warena Taua Published 29 September 2016 Size: 370 KB Referencing Hub media

The banks and water of the Oruarangi Stream were adversely affected when over 1,000 litres of methyl violet dye leaked from an industrial storage tank. Freshwater and marine life died as a result of a dye spill.

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