A Senate inquiry to be told Hunter coal mines taking double the surface water they're entitled to

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated September 11 2018 - 9:33am, first published 9:32am
Impacts: A part of the Goulburn River near Ulan. A Senate inquiry will be told there are questions over mining industry use of rainfall and surface water and licences.
Impacts: A part of the Goulburn River near Ulan. A Senate inquiry will be told there are questions over mining industry use of rainfall and surface water and licences.

HUNTER coal mines are taking possibly double the amount of rainfall and surface water they’re entitled to and depriving major waterways including the Hunter and Goulburn Rivers of many millions of litres of water, a Senate inquiry on water extraction will be told today.

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