HUNTER Water has expressed concern about a proposed gas storage plant that would lie within the catchment area for the Tomago sandbeds, which help provide drinking water for the Lower Hunter.
AGL has proposed the $300million plant on land off Old Punt Road and has lodged an application with the Department of Planning.
The project includes a processing plant, storage tank for up to 30,000tonnes of liquid natural gas, a receiving station at Hexham to link the project into the state gas network and a pipeline from Hexham to the plant.
In a submission to the project this month, Hunter Water said the development fell within the south-western section of an area that protected the Tomago Aquifer drinking water source. The aquifer supplied 20 to 25per cent of the Lower Hunter’s drinking water. Read More
Newcastle Herald
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