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1 Murray-Darling Basin Plan Submission Submission from Doctors for the Environment Australia Inc. David Shearman, Hon Secretary 5 Fitzgerald Road PASADENA SA 5042 Phone: admin@dea.org.au The following are members of our Scientific Committee and support the work of Doctors for the Environment Australia Prof. Stephen Boyden AM; Prof. Peter Doherty AC; Prof. Bob Douglas AO; Prof. Michael Kidd AM; Prof. David de Kretser AC; Prof. Stephen Leeder AO; Prof. Ian Lowe AO; Prof Robyn McDermott; Prof. Tony McMichael AO; Prof. Peter Newman; Prof. Emeritus Sir Gustav Nossal AC; Prof. Hugh Possingham; Prof. Lawrie Powell AC; Prof. Fiona Stanley AC; Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM; Dr Norman Swan; Professor David Yencken AO

2 Summary (1) Coal seam gas (CSG) mining in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) catchment should be prohibited on the basis of its prodigious usage of ground water and the potential for contamination of food production and for the risk of long term human health impacts. (2) The increase in overall groundwater usage will lead to reduction in the already inadequate environmental flows and cannot be supported. Environmental flow and a healthy river is the ultimate human health support system. (3) Doctors for the Environment Australia is concerned at the lack of climate change impact considerations, for these ultimately affect human health through water and food needs and community dislocation. Coal Seam Gas considerations in the Plan With concern we note that the 210 page MDB Plan mentions coal seam gas and its impact on water on only two occasions: Part 5 Interception activities (c) interception by a mining activity, including coal seam gas mining; Schedule 8 Key causes of water quality degradation 7(f) inappropriate disposal and management of industrial and other waste (including from mining and coal-seam gas extraction). We note that item 1 in schedule 8 covers The process of mobilisation of salt stores in the landscape and geological predisposition to salinity development, including by:.... There is no mention of the huge mobilisation of salt during coal seam gas mining. Doctors for the Environment Australia believes that the failure to address this issue comprehensively is a grave omission and calls into question the scientific integrity of the Plan. The implications of ground water usage We support the finding of the Wentworth Group April 2011 that: [2]

3 Important issues have been neglected and indefensible assumptions have been made in the analysis of groundwater sustainability to the extent that the public, and ultimately Parliament, are being misled about the sustainability of groundwater use in the Basin. We note that: The assumptions adopted to calculate the Sustainable Diversion Limits ignore the long-term connectivity of surface and groundwater. To make incorrect assumptions on such a fundamental issue is a major error in the Basin plan. As stated by the Wentworth group; Basically, there is no free lunch aquifers that receive recharge must discharge their water somewhere to maintain the water balance. Allowing additional extractions from these aquifers must reduce the amount of water that discharges into rivers. Selecting only part of the aquifer to argue that there is effectively no connection between the aquifer and the river is highly misleading. The implication is that the present proposal for an environmental flow of 2700 Gl estimate is in fact significantly less. Within the context of these findings we raise the issue of coal seam gas mining and water usage. Proposed Coal Seam Gas Mining in the MDB catchment If CSG mining is allowed in any of the MDB catchment it will use water resources, most likely ground water, thereby reducing environmental flows. This is unacceptable. It is also unacceptable in terms of the existing food producing and basic human use not only in terms of increasing insecurity of supply but from pollution and medical risk to these users. The use of water in CSG mining is prodigious but the exact extent of this current and projected use from the MDB does not seem to be known by the relevant state water licensing authorities. The National Water Commission have long expressed their concern at their estimate of an additional 300GL use of Great Artesian Basin water for CSG activities. [3]

4 There is a strong case for prohibiting this form of mining in the entire catchment. Apart from the depletion of water supply in the MBD the basis for this opinion is: There is a very high risk of chemicals used in the mining process and released from coal seams entering ground and surface water systems. There is no safe level for human exposure from some of these chemicals which are carcinogenic, teratogenic or which cause significant harm in very small doses through endocrine disruption. Only 4 chemicals in usage by the CSG industry in Australia have been assessed for toxicity by our national chemical regulator NICNAS but none have been assessed for use in hydraulic fracturing. There have been major developments of the CSG industry in two states without adequate health impact assessment and there has been no government acceptance of the possibility of long term impacts on affected communities. We will not reiterate these points in detail for they can be found in the submissions to the Senate and NSW Inquiries pdf a25791b /$file/submission% pdf A summary of the medical concerns can be found in the article on coal seam gas in Viewpoint Finally we point out that there is increasing scientific data indicating that the fugitive emissions of methane from CSG mining probably negate the often stated greenhouse advantage of unconventional gas over coal for electricity generation and the reliance on gas as a transition fuel will not be enough to avert dangerous climate change. Under these circumstances coal seam mining in the MDB offers risks without gain. Climate change The potential use of water in coal seam gas mining is even more concerning when we note that climate considerations have not been considered. There is little doubt that SE Australia will be subject to a drying climate with resultant impact on water flows. This omission from the Plan does further damage to its credibility. [4]

5 Contributors Dr Helen Redmond MB, BS, FAFRM, RACP, Staff Specialist, Rehabilitation Medicine, Fairfield Hospital, Sydney Dr. David Shearman PhD, MB, ChB, FRCPE, FRACP, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide [5]

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