New Water Flows into Our Building

Recently we had mine water coming into our electronics workshop at 44 Maitland Road nearest to our car park, effectively closing the last working space for electronic repairs.

We talked with Hunter Water workers who were taking water out of the hydrant and mentioned there was little water pressure. This Hydrant runs through our carpark.
In recent times, our brick steps, footings, wall, and older clay water pipes all broke due to mine subsidence damage in our carpark. This should be about 1 metre away from our broken assets.

We have lodged an investigation with Hunter Water who after few weeks, visited us and took a water sample. They then handled the test and contacted us that the water is not related to Hunter Water assets.

Please note; Hunter Water testing of water in mine subsidence districts is flawed. As early as 2011, engineers who worked on site acknowledge water tests performed on the water running into our premises will be tainted due to many factors that included hydrocarbons from water runoff from roads. In 2020, Professor Fityus (handling a Legacy Mines NSW report for the government) further wrote that water running through a coal mine will have a “cleaning” affect due to carbon and will not give accurate results to register fluoride, etc. Hunter Water is aware of this, having also received the Professor’s report.

At the time of the new water flows, Ingall Street Mayfield had a number of water leaks repaired. Our opinion is that broken Hunter Water assets are flowing into the old mines, and then this water is flowing into our properties.

We have tried to seal the concrete expansion joints and push the water to flow into a pool, then have a boat pump run constantly for the water to be pumped out of the building. We currently have 3 of these pumps running in our office location.