Cracks above Dendrobium mine spark fears for water catchment

By Peter Hannam
Updated September 13 2017 - 10:02am, first published 8:30am
The front gates of the Dendrobium mine at Mount Kembla last week. Picture: Adam McLean
The front gates of the Dendrobium mine at Mount Kembla last week. Picture: Adam McLean

The ground is bulging and cracks are reaching from the surface to the coal seam in a section of Sydney's drinking water catchment that sits above a mine, according to an independent study commissioned by the state government.

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