The Great Artesian Basin and other aquifers will remain threatened while CSG companies retain the right to extract unlimited amounts of groundwater
Farmers in N.W fire up as Feds give nod to artesian salesLinks
Caroona Coal Action Group
www.ccag.org.au
Rivers SOS
www.riverssos.com
Save Our Recharge Environment
www.sore.net.au
Time to reconnect ground and surface water: NWC
The Beverley mine is controversial because the proponents of the mine, American owned Heathgate resources, will not be required to rehabilitate the polluted Beverley aquifer once mining is completed. But rehabilitation would be required if the Company was mining in the US.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s17221.htm
The long term sustainability of the Great Artesian Basin and its ability to provide water to future mining and pastoral developments, urban and rural communities, and the environment will be the focus of a $17 million research project
http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2008/12/08/flinders-in-17m-water-research-project/
Great Artesian Basin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Artesian_Basin
Impact of Olympic Dam mine/Roxby Downs on the GAB
http://www.sea-us.org.au/roxstop97/msinfo2.htm
Friends of the Earth, stop the Olympic dam expansion issue
www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/take-action/odmeis