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Water consumption in the Pilbara region, including abstraction, reinjection, and costs for mining companies, is examined.
🟡 Medium · Question on notice31 March 2020 · 803 words
Pilbara mining water use detailed: abstraction, reinjection, costs, and aquifer recharge schemes out
Pilbara mining water usage is clarified, including costs and aquifer reinjection details.
“The total water consumption of the Pilbara region, inclusive of mine dewatering but exclusive of aquifer reinjection and residential consumption for the last reported water year (2019) was 372 gigalitres”
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Members who spoke
Chapple, Hon RobinMacTiernan, Hon Alannah
Topics
water consumptionminingaquifer reinjectionPilbara
· 31 March 2020
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