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	== '''Project Background'''==		== '''Project Background'''==
-	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Typi non habent claritatem insitam; est usus legentis in iis qui facit eorum claritatem. Investigationes demonstraverunt lectores legere me lius quod ii legunt saepius. Claritas est etiam processus dynamicus, qui sequitur mutationem consuetudium lectorum. Mirum est notare quam littera gothica, quam nunc putamus parum claram, anteposuerit litterarum formas humanitatis per seacula quarta decima et quinta decima. Eodem modo typi, qui nunc nobis videntur parum clari, fiant sollemnes in futurum.	+	There is evidence of settlement by the Eora people (Indigenous Australians) in Sydney for many thousands of years. Many household English words are inherited from their language, including dingo, wombat, waratah, wallaby, etc. The best explanation for this is that when Captain Cook initially landed on the continent of Australia, way back in 1770 at Botany Bay, the Eora people were first he met. Thus Botany Bay is not only a significant historical landmark, but represents a collision of worlds, languages, cultures, and relationships to the environment.
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		+	Today, Botany Bay is part of the modern city of Sydney - it’s a suburb with schools, supermarkets, churches, and so on. It’s also been the site of an Orica (previously ICI Australia) manufacturing plant since the 1940’s. During this period of industrial activity in a period of relatively absent environmental awareness and regulation, there has been extensive chemical pollution of the Orica site, leading to contamination of the groundwater at Botany Bay. In 1998, a plume of DCA (1,2-dichloroethane) was discovered in the groundwater. Since then the contamination has been tracked, treated, modelled, debated, and more. Residents are banned from using the water for drinking, washing, watering the garden - anything.
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		+	The pollution at Botany Bay is not only a hassle for local residents or a justification for Orica’s new Groundwater Treatment Plant. It is a symbol of a people out of touch with their environment, who forget their own national story, who solve the problems they cause by looking elsewhere - bringing in water for domestic use and attempting to export chlorinated hydrocarbons overseas.
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		+	Refs:
		+	*http://www.oricabotanytransformation.com/?page=25
		+	*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eora
		+	*http://www.water.nsw.gov.au/Water-management/Water-quality/Groundwater/Botany-Sand-Beds-aquifer/Botany-Sands-Aquifer/default.aspx
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		+	Questions:
		+	*Is it true that Homebush Bay and Sydney Habour have similar chlorinated aliphatic contamination? See - http://www.babs.unsw.edu.au/research/bioremediation-contaminated-groundwater
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		+	OTHER STUFF - JUST TESTING ATM

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Project Background

There is evidence of settlement by the Eora people (Indigenous Australians) in Sydney for many thousands of years. Many household English words are inherited from their language, including dingo, wombat, waratah, wallaby, etc. The best explanation for this is that when Captain Cook initially landed on the continent of Australia, way back in 1770 at Botany Bay, the Eora people were first he met. Thus Botany Bay is not only a significant historical landmark, but represents a collision of worlds, languages, cultures, and relationships to the environment.

Today, Botany Bay is part of the modern city of Sydney - it’s a suburb with schools, supermarkets, churches, and so on. It’s also been the site of an Orica (previously ICI Australia) manufacturing plant since the 1940’s. During this period of industrial activity in a period of relatively absent environmental awareness and regulation, there has been extensive chemical pollution of the Orica site, leading to contamination of the groundwater at Botany Bay. In 1998, a plume of DCA (1,2-dichloroethane) was discovered in the groundwater. Since then the contamination has been tracked, treated, modelled, debated, and more. Residents are banned from using the water for drinking, washing, watering the garden - anything.

The pollution at Botany Bay is not only a hassle for local residents or a justification for Orica’s new Groundwater Treatment Plant. It is a symbol of a people out of touch with their environment, who forget their own national story, who solve the problems they cause by looking elsewhere - bringing in water for domestic use and attempting to export chlorinated hydrocarbons overseas.

Refs:

• http://www.oricabotanytransformation.com/?page=25
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eora
• http://www.water.nsw.gov.au/Water-management/Water-quality/Groundwater/Botany-Sand-Beds-aquifer/Botany-Sands-Aquifer/default.aspx

Questions:

• Is it true that Homebush Bay and Sydney Habour have similar chlorinated aliphatic contamination? See - http://www.babs.unsw.edu.au/research/bioremediation-contaminated-groundwater

OTHER STUFF - JUST TESTING ATM