❓ Dr. Pettitt requests detailed water usage data for each mine in the Pilbara region from 2018-2022, including licensed and actual abstraction/reinjection rates, and total regional water consumption excluding reinjection and residential use. The Minister tabled the information.
AnsweredQoN 1715Legislative Council
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I refer to the issue of water consumption in the Pilbara, and I ask: (a) for each mine in the Pilbara, by company and location, for 2018, would the Minister please table: (i) the licensed water abstraction amounts, inclusive of mine dewatering; (ii) the licensed aquifer reinjection rates; (iii) the actual extraction rates; and (iv) the actual reinjection rates; (b) what is the total water consumption of the Pilbara region, inclusive of mine dewatering but exclusive of aquifer reinjection and residential consumption for 2018; (c) for each mine in the Pilbara, by company and location, for 2020, would the Minister please table: (i) the licensed water abstraction amounts, inclusive of mine dewatering; (ii) the licensed aquifer reinjection rates; (iii) the actual extraction rates; and (iv) the actual reinjection rates; (d) what is the total water consumption of the Pilbara region, inclusive of mine dewatering but exclusive of aquifer reinjection and residential consumption for 2020; (e) for each mine in the Pilbara, by company and location, for 2021, would the Minister please table: (i) the licensed water abstraction amounts, inclusive of mine dewatering; (ii) the licensed aquifer reinjection rates; (iii) the actual extraction rates; and (iv) the actual reinjection rates; (f) what is the total water consumption of the Pilbara region, inclusive of mine dewatering but exclusive of aquifer reinjection and residential consumption for 2021; (g) for each mine in the Pilbara, by company and location, for 2022, would the Minister please table: (i) the licensed water abstraction amounts, inclusive of mine dewatering; (ii) the licensed aquifer reinjection rates; (iii) the actual extraction rates; and (iv) the actual reinjection rates; and (h) what is the total water consumption of the Pilbara region, inclusive of mine dewatering but exclusive of aquifer reinjection and residential consumption for 2022?
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Answered
30 November 2023
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Water
Response time
10 days
As these questions involve long and detailed answers I table the attached information [See tabled papers no].
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