CSG waste water trucked to Ipswich

SWANBANK could become a dumping ground for western Queensland's coal seam gas boom.

Arrow Energy's Surat Gas Project, which runs from Wandoan to Dalby and Goondiwindi in the state's south-west, has proposed to use facilities at Swanbank to dispose of brine water.

The project's environmental impact statement says Swanbank would be used to dispose of the brine until facilities are built closer to the site.

"The closest currently available suitably licensed waste disposal facility is located at Swanbank, near Ipswich," the statement reads. "This EIS has assumed that all brine concentrate will be trucked to Swanbank."

The salted water is made during the water treatment process, according the EIS.

"Brine is a significant by-product of the water treatment process, which also requires specific measures to manage its storage, use and/or disposal.

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