Breakfast before hours featuring David Hamilton
Learn more about the role of the BSA at Dalby Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Before Hours on Wednesday 19 March, featuring our very own, David Hamilton.
Contamination alarm in Western Downs
CONCERNED landholders say resources industry workers taking a careless approach to vehicle wash-down procedures could have disastrous financial implications for agriculture on the Western Downs.
Millions of tonnes of salt with nowhere to go
Extracted associated CSG water contains high concentrations of salt with reports of up to 200,000 tonnes of salt extracted annually as part of the dewatering process. In the past this salty water has been stored in evaporation dams – causing major concerns about the impact on soil salinity and seepage into shallow aquifers.
Problems with ‘Make good’ agreements
CSG Industry has been touting that that there are only 85 CSG affected bores. However, the Underground Water Impact Management report predicted declining water levels in a further 528 bores in long term.
Bullying and the 10 day land court squeeze
BSA has concerns about the land access process and the way that some CSG companies use the threat of land court to add pressure during negotiations.
Destroying our quiet way of life
You have chosen a rural lifestyle. A home in the country where the you have privacy and peacefulness. The farm life where your children ride are free to ride their motorbikes or horses around the farm, you can do the “nudey run” to the clothesline, the only people coming up your driveway are your invited guests.
Impacts from infrastructure
While the actually well-pad may be the size of “half a netball court”, BSA is concerned that the industry and government are not considering the cumulative impacts of all the associated infrastructure pipelines, roads, powerlines, water infrastructure, compaction.
Lack of confidence in the underground water baseline model
Underground Water Impact Management report is the report the government is using for baseline modelling of underground water and BSA is aware that it has not included information from one of the major CSG company players – Arrow Energy. It also does not factor in the impact of thousands of abandoned exploration holes in the Surat and Galilee Basins.
Water draw-down – loss of water quantity
BSA has concerns that the water from aquifers that lie above and below will be drawn down (drain into coal seams) as water is extracted from Coal Walloon Measure. There is little to no research on the long term impacts.