EPA by numbers
In a year:
- 212 inspections were undertaken on high-risk sites
- 18 investigations were conducted
- 5 896 incident reports and enquiries were made to the EPA
- 3 064 environmental complaints were received by the EPA
- 2 291 businesses were licensed for an activity of environmental significance
- 79.5% of beverage containers were returned for a refund in South Australia.
Emergency response teams responded to 97 environmental and 22 radiation incidents.
Since 2009, 111 site contamination audits have been completed, and an additional 92 have commenced.