While still in the planning phase, nine mines in Australia
intend to divert two rivers into storage areas. These storage areas can hold up
to 700,000 megaliters total and would be plumbed by about 123 kilometers of
piping. Galilee Water claims the diverted water will help reduce the mines
local impact on the ground water levels. This claim is met with skepticism, as
they would need to pump out the ground water anyway to reach much of the coal.
It’s estimated that the mine could drop the water table as much as 50 meters.
Furthermore, there is no way to know the full impact downstream of the pipes
may have. All in all this seems like a poorly planned idea. Read more in The Guardian .
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| Photo: Andrew Quilty/AAP/Greenpeace PR image |
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