Underground Water Impact Report 2021 consultation draft
The Office of Groundwater Impact Assessment (OGIA) has released their consultation draft of the Underground Water Impact Report (UWIR) 2021 for the Surat Cumulative Management Area (Surat CMA).
The 2021 UWIR, for the first time, integrates cumulative impacts from coal mining and provides a comprehensive assessment of coal seam gas (CSG)-induced subsidence – along with its usual updates on groundwater impacts from CSG activities. The consultation draft UWIR, together with Surat CMA information videos are available via the links below.
Importantly, the 2021 UWIR contains research findings from OGIA’s comprehensive assessment of potential subsidence occurring in highly cultivated, priority agricultural areas – the first research of its kind undertaken in relation to CSG activity and a significant body of work that the GasFields Commission contributed to.
OGIA is now seeking submissions from tenure holders, bore owners and the general public. Public information sessions are scheduled for next week (8 – 12 November) in Toowoomba, Dalby, Chinchilla, Roma and Wandoan, as detailed in the Public Notice linked below. Submissions close on 26 November 2021.
- 📃 ‘Summary of the Consultation Draft Underground Water Impact Report 2021 for the Surat CMA’: https://bit.ly/OGIA-Draft-UWIR
- 📝 Public Notice of upcoming information sessions: https://bit.ly/OGIA-UWIR-Consultation
- 🎦 Surat CMA information videos: https://bit.ly/OGIA-Surat-CMA.