Draft Coal Seam Gas Water Management Policy: Qld

Have your say on the Government’s proposed new Coal Seam Gas Water Management Policy.

The new policy makes injection of coal seam gas the preferred CSG water management option.

This is your opportunity to have your say on an important government policy change in relation to the management of coal seam gas (CSG) water.

The Queensland Government has made a change to its Draft Coal Seam Gas Water Management Policy to reprioritise the management options for CSG water to promote conservation of Queensland’s groundwater resources.

Injection, whether aquifer injection or virtual injection of suitably treated water, is now the first priority management option for CSG water. Injection involves pumping CSG water, which has been treated to standards suitable for the receiving aquifer, back into the groundwater system.

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Coal Seam Gas Water Management Policy Consultation
Energy Resources
Environment and Natural Resource Regulation
Department of Environment and Resource Management