The South Gippsland Shire will decide whether to ask the Victorian Government to audit all water wells and bores on farm-zoned land.
A shire councillor, Kieran Kennedy, will put a motion at next week's meeting asking the State Government to fund the audit.
If the motion is passed, council will also write to the Victorian Farmers Federation requesting its position on coal seam gas exploration.
It will also ask Deputy Premier Peter Ryan to attend a public forum.
Cr Kennedy says farmers are concerned about the security of their livelihood.
"In South Gippsland Shire, according to DPI [Department of Primary Industries] maps, we are all black coal which is of course a lot drier and harder compound and there's a lot more fracking in the process to release the coal seam gas, therefore it's more problematic," he said.
ABC Gippsland
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