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CSIRO rejects the claim made in a television commercial
aired on Sunday 2 September that ‘CSIRO [and government studies] have shown
that groundwater is safe with coal seam gas’.
At no time has CSIRO made such a statement, and nor do
the results of CSIRO research support such a statement.
CSIRO has stated on the public record that coal seam gas extraction is likely to pose a ‘low risk’ to groundwater quality through contamination. CSIRO has also indicated that groundwater levels will fall as a consequence of coal seam gas extraction. In some places this could see aquifer levels subside by tens of metres for tens of years; in others it is likely to reduce aquifer levels by several metres for several hundred years.
CSIRO continues to undertake research to better
understand the impacts of coal seam gas extraction on groundwater quality and
quantity.
CSIRO became aware of the advertisement produced by
Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) via a
scan of social media on Friday 31 August and requested for the commercial to
not be aired.
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