Aren’t we in a drought? The Australian black coal industry uses enough water for over 5 million people

May 27, 2020 Ian Overton (University of Adelaide)

Water is a highly contested resource in this long, oppressive drought, and the coal industry is one of Australia’s biggest water users. Research released today, funded by the Australian Conservation Foundation, has identified how much water coal mining […]

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Water consumption rises as south-east Queensland dam levels drop

November 28, 2019 Lucy Stone (Brisbane Times)

Daily water consumption has soared in south-east Queensland despite the severe drought, prompting the early rollout of water conservation campaigns. Seqwater, which manages almost 90 per cent of south-east Queensland’s water supply across 12 dams, reported that daily […]

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