The Great Artesian Basin and other aquifers will remain threatened while CSG companies retain the right to extract unlimited amounts of groundwater,” Mr Parratt said. “Extracting unlimited volumes of groundwater is clearly unsustainable and no amount of management measures will be able to successfully manage the impacts that are likely to occur,” he said.
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“What this report shows is that this resource is at risk if we allow the development of the coal seam gas industry.
“We cannot quantify that risk and it is unclear how long it may before we understand the extent of the damage. But it is very clear that dewatering coal beds here will damage this water resource.
“The problem is that if we damage the alluvium we may not know for even 40 or 50 years if there is a problem.
“By that stage the mining industry will be gone and agriculture will be left with a problem that cannot be fixed.
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12th October 2010 “WHEN most of the county is in drought, why is water being used as a waste product,” Surat Basin Friends of the Earth environmental campaigner Drew Hutton said. And it would seem he has a point as Santos (GLNG) and BG Group (QCLNG) have acknowledged that the emerging coal-seam gas (CSG) industry […]
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TONY Burke is considering a report that warns the coal-seam gas industry could deplete groundwater in the Great Artesian Basin. The federal Environment Minister is preparing to rule on several multi-billion-dollar projects and remains committed to a deadline of October 22, when he is expected to advise international energy giants Santos and BG Group whether […]
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IAN Hansen is a water well driller with more than 30 years’ experience in the Great Artesian Basin. He knows its subterranean layers and networks of sandstone aquifers and coal seams better than most, and says he holds grave concerns for its future. Fuelling his concerns are images such as these of test holes drilled […]
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Letter from miner Ian Hansen to the Qld. Country Life re the problems caused by lack of regulation of the csg industry. Click here to read his letter.
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Environment Minister Tony Burke delays federal approvals – BG Group says still on track for 2010 investment decision Australia’s environment minister has delayed a decision to approve coal-seam gas projects in Queensland worth billions of dollars, although BG Group (BG.L) said its project remained on track for a final investment decision by year end. “I […]
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Wastewater from natural gas drilling in New York State is radioactive, as high as 267 times the limit safe for discharge into the environment and thousands of times the limit safe for people to drink. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=marcellus-shale-natural-gas-drilling-radioactive-wastewater
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Groundwater makes it possible to grow many of our crops and pastures. And we’re looking increasingly to aquifers to provide drinking water for our growing towns and cities. Groundwater is found in the voids between sediment grains in the subsurface. It can flow slowly like a river through aquifers or pool in great underground “lakes”. […]
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Concerns about Coal Seam Gas – ABC Blog – Liz Hedge 30/8/2010 A group of concerned farmers and local MPs are still unpacking after they took a trip to Roma and Dalby in Queensland last week to examine the effects of coal seam gas mining in the region. Exploration is currently underway to determine the feasibility […]
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