Risks to surface groundwater quality and quantity are among the issues being cited by the NSW Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) in the Land and Environment Court Challenge against the consent granted to AGL.
The action is being brought by the EDO on behalf of the Barrington-Gloucester-Stroud Preservation Alliance Inc.
In the current edition of the EDO’s weekly eBulletin the following were identified as being among the key issues:
Risks to surface and groundwater quality and quantity when the gas wells are drilled, combined with lack of data about groundwater impacts given the fractured geological structure of the Stroud Gloucester Valley; and
Uncertainty about disposal of the polluted waste water which is produced, and the nature of the chemicals to be used in the underground fraccing process.
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