Mining company insists storage hub is safe but many are unconvinced about injecting carbon dioxide into a major Australian water resource
Gina Rinehart, One Nation and the Greens all oppose Glencore’s plan to store CO2 in the Great Artesian Basin – why?has been on the offensive over its controversial plans to try to inject carbon dioxide into a section of the Great Artesian Basin – one of the world’s biggest underground water sources and a lifeblood for farmers and regional towns.
, to evaluate the “feasibility of future large-scale stream storage within the Surat Basin”. Glencore has said the project is a “first step” toward a “large CO2 storage hub in Queensland suitable for multiple industrial users,” and has acknowledged it would need to go through a fresh approvals process.
The company wrote last month in its finalised environmental impact statement that the Precipice Sandstone aquifer could store between 183m tonnes and 730m tonnes of carbon dioxide, “indicating its potential for a safe and cost-effective permanent CO2 storage at potential future industrial scale”. But the report also contained several criticisms. For example, the committee wrote it was “not possible to be certain of the adequacy of the regional groundwater and plume migration models” because of a lack of documentation.
The review also said: “The limited sensitivity and uncertainty analysis mean that potential impacts on water users in the Precipice Sandstone aquifer due to new groundwater extraction near the GHG stream injection well cannot be ruled out.”Our Australian afternoon update breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersTemperature Check asked CSIRO if Glencore’s summary of its review was fair.
But Hamer said: “It’s good quality stock water and a number of local councils would be very happy to have this quality of water available for town drinking where it would be amended or treated.
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