Illawarra-Deep chasms in Sydney Water Catchment

azrael · 3rd February 2008, 12:11 PM

ILLAWARRA MERCURY: NEWSPAPER REPORT- Sat. Feb 2, 2008.
Earth cracking above mines - Local - General - Illawarra Mercury
...so where DOES the water go?

and more on the article....plus a time-line

azrael · 4th February 2008, 08:11 AM

Here the area on Google Map.....Cordeaux Dam at centre....the marked distance is 10km.

Ekka · 4th February 2008, 08:32 AM

This will be an interesting case, I have always wondered what happens due to the vast cavities and caverns created below by mining.

At the end of the day the government decides who does what, end of story, now it's up to them to have the balls to do something about it.

Quote:

The SOS Rivers community group revealed this week that sections of the Nepean River are simmering with methane gas from underground mines.

And the classic corporate response .....

Quote:

BHP Billiton said proposed changes in its application to the NSW Planning Department "were aimed at minimising the impacts to the surface environment while maximising the volume of coal produced". Repeated requests for more information about the subsidence-induced cracks were refused.

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