The Queensland Water Commission’s independent analysis of expected cumulative impacts from Coal Seam Gas developments suggests that 528 individual bores in Southern Queensland will experience declines by more than trigger threshold levels.
The Queensland Government declared the Surat and southern Bowen Basin a Cumulative Management Area which gave the Queensland Water Commission the responsibility of preparing an Underground Water Impact Report.
21,000 bores are included within the Surat CMA area, used for grazing, irrigation, industrial and urban consumption.
Coal Seam Gas companies are expected to extract 95,000 megalitres of water per year over the life of the industry, the QWC says. “This extraction will impact on water levels.”
Of the existing bores in the Surat CMA, the QWC believes 528 are expected to experience a decline in water levels of more than the 5m trigger threshold due to CSG water extraction.
Of that number, 85 are expected to see water levels decline by more than trigger threshold levels within the next three years.
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