Thursday, September 22

National Water Commission Calls for a Closer Look at Fracking




Coal seam gas mining can create 5 million litres of “produced” water per well. Jeremy Buckingham MLC


Last week, the Federal Government’s National Water Commission (NWC) delivered its third biannual assessment of the national water initiative (NWI). And for the first time, the NWC is looking seriously at water use in coal seam gas (CSG) mining.

The NWI is the Commonwealth Government’s blueprint for water reform in Australia. It brings together state and Commonwealth governments to coordinate policies and actions affecting water use in this country.

The aim is a more cohesive national approach to the way Australia manages, measures, plans for, prices and trades water.


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