Activity 5 - Vulnerability of aquifers to CSG water extraction

Activity 5 of the Healthy HeadWaters Coal Seam Gas Water Feasibility Study will assess the vulnerability of the aquifers of the Surat and southern Bowen basins to CSG industry development in the Walloon, Bandana and Baralaba coal measures. It will provide a better understanding of which aquifers are most vulnerable to, and at greatest risk of impacts from, CSG water extraction.

Activity 5 has commenced and is due for completion in early 2013.

Last updated 18 December 2012

Coal Seam Gas Water Feasibility Study

• Chemistry, origins and hydrogeology of CSG water
• Modelling and forecasting of CSG water production
• Salinity impacts of CSG water on landscapes and surface streams
• Stream ecosystem health response to CSG water release
• Vulnerability of aquifers to CSG water extraction
• Aquifer injection feasibility
• South West Queensland Water Demand Analysis
• Proposals for using CSG water in the Condamine Alluvium
• CSG water use in the QMBD (Assessing the impact on aquatic ecosystems)

Related information

• Healthy HeadWaters Coal Seam Gas Water Feasibility Study