Water catchment mining ‘making mockery’ of the system

By Ben Langford
Updated September 14 2017 - 9:38am, first published September 13 2017 - 5:32pm
Underground impact: An example of creek bad cracking, in the Waratah Rivulet, nearby coal mining areas. This is not the area subject to the report in question.
Underground impact: An example of creek bad cracking, in the Waratah Rivulet, nearby coal mining areas. This is not the area subject to the report in question.

Allowing longwall mining in special areas of our drinking water catchment – without proper assessment – makes a mockery of environmental protection, Illawarra green groups say.

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