Gas giant Santos has lodged a plan to release untreated coal seam gas wastewater during flooding events into a river system that is home to two rare 'bum-breathing' turtle species.
Gas giant Santos has lodged a plan to release untreated coal seam gas wastewater during flooding events into a river system that is home to two rare "bum-breathing" turtle species.Gas company Santos is seeking approval to release untreated coal seam gas water into the Dawson River during flood events
Theodore resident Ann Hobson is the secretary of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland's Upper Dawson branch. She said releasing treated or untreated water could add extra stresses on the wellbeing of both turtle species and their breeding patterns.Limited release, Santos says "We don't know where [the untreated water] is going to end up, and the Dawson flows into the Fitzroy during flood times, [which could] send a plume of its polluted water right up into the base of the Whitsundays and into the Great Barrier Reef," she said.
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