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❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asks the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to provide detailed water usage data for each mine in the Pilbara region from 2018 to 2022, including licensed and actual abstraction and reinjection rates. The answer refers to another question.

AnsweredQoN 1714Legislative Council

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18 October 2023

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Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

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Mines and Petroleum

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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?