WITH significant volumes of water expected to be extracted through coal seam gas activities from the middle of the year, the clock is racing to determine how these large volumes will be reused across the Surat Basin.
To produce CSG, a large amount of water has to be pumped from the coal seams, and gas companies have proposed a range of projects to reuse the extracted water.
However, the State Government in November announced plans to seek community input into the issue, with a gathering of invited landholders, resource sector representatives and government workers meeting in Toowoomba on December 19 to formulate a list of community preferences for water reuse.
Chaired by Surat Basin CSG engagement Group chair John Cotter, the group has considered 22 written submissions from a range of impacted stakeholders, which were discussed at the Toowoomba meeting, to formulate six recommendations and a series of guiding principles detailing options for regional best use of extracted water.
The list was presented to State Minister for Natural Resources Rachel Nolan late in December.
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