INCREASING anger is being expressed by Gloucester citizens at the refusal by mining company AGL to halt its drilling program to allow an independent examination of seismic and water studies undertaken since project approval for the development of a coal seam gas field was prematurely given in the dying days of the previous State government in February.
Barrington-Glou cester-Stroud Preservation Alliance said this week that at the NSW Government Upper House coal seam gas inquiry in Taree, "MidCoast Water stated they had been excluded from the early phase of planning and they now have been given preliminary water study results which indicate the presence of heavy metals and very high salinity in the water coming from the drill holes.
"In addition they stated in the Gloucester Advocate they have not done measurements of the cancer causing BTEX chemicals potentially released from fracked coal seams into the ground and surface water systems."
A Preservation Alliance spokesperson said this week: "The new ABC website 'Coal Seam Gas by the numbers' features the Gloucester area and gives the location of 48 exploration CSG wells in our valley.
Manning River Times
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