Problems with sewerage systems and effluent disposal in Wiluna, a remote Australian town

Remote and rural communities often have problems in obtaining adequate sewerage and effluent disposal systems. Wiluna, a small township in Western Australia, has inefficient, inadequate and illegal effluent disposal ponds that are were designed or built to the required standards indicated by relevant legislation in Western Australian Health Act of 1911. This is an ongoing problem with it first being brought to the fore in 1999 and continuing to this present day. It is feared that further inaction will result in increased morbidity or even a mortality within this small community.