Mystery balls on Sydney beaches found to contain faecal bacteria

bbc ^ | 01/20/2025 | Kelly Ng

[shotgun]

Some treatment plan somewhere is missing these. They are called porous filter balls and are used in water and wastewater treatment. Since they had fecal matter, start looking at the sewage treatment plants

[Cold_Red_Steel]

Sounds like a load of crap!

[chickenlips]

For us in the south it’s known as a “turd”.

[fr_freak]

Mystery balls on Sydney beaches found to contain faecal bacteria

Yeah, well, what doesn't these days.

[antidemoncrat]

I saw that on a wall in a public restroom over 50 years ago ... I’ll bet you were the person that wrote those word of wit. I also remember this one when they stated charging 10 cents to use one of those restrooms:

Here I sit brokenhearted
Paid a dime and only farted.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yep, my husband was an environmental chemist and consulted with our local wastewater treatment plants.

You are correct.

[PLMerite]

“Mystery balls on Sydney beaches found to contain faecal bacteria”

Sea Turdles!

[crusty old prospector]

As long as it is faecal and not fecal, I think they are good.

[Yardstick]

Worst. Mystery Balls. Ever.

[MayflowerMadam]

Cruise ships

[mad_as_he$$]

Possible. They used to be notorious for dumping at sea, but so did the US Navy.