Apex Energy wants to drill a borehole in the catchment area that protects the water supply for South Sydney and Wollongong - and the NSW Planning Department has recommended it go ahead.
Environmentalists have slammed the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure for recommending approval for an additional coal seam gas (CSG) borehole in the Illawarra, south of Sydney.
Apex Energy was granted approval to drill 15 CSG exploration boreholes in the region in 2009, and last September applied to drill a 16th well to determine the extent of its gas deposits in the area. The proposed borehole lies within the Woronora Catchment Special Area, which is land set aside to protect the water supply to southern Sydney and Wollongong.
newmatilda.com
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