Bacteria closes Perth water park

Perth's Elizabeth Quay water park has been temporarily closed after routine Health Department water sampling detected bacteria in water spray and amoebae in waste discharge pipes.

Further tests will be done to confirm if the amoebae are disease-causing, while the bacteria found can cause skin rashes or ear and eye infections.

Previous detections of non-pathogenic amoeba in the waste discharge pipes, which caused the temporary closure of the park earlier in February, were treated appropriately at the time, according to the department.