These lakes were once so clean you could swim in them. Now they are fetid – and residents are being told to pay to fix them
- Posted on December 27, 2025
- By The Age
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These lakes were once so clean you could swim in them. Now they are fetid – and residents are being told to pay to fix them
Once swimmable, the Quiet Lakes are a “seething mass of blue-green algae” due to 30 years of Melbourne Water failures say residents who live by the toxic water.
