Santos CSG wastewater to top 1 million litres a day – with nowhere to go

By Peter Hannam
Updated March 28 2015 - 12:13pm, first published March 27 2015 - 10:35pm
Santos's CSG storage ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell
Santos's CSG storage ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell
Santos's CSG storage ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell
Santos's CSG storage ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell
Santos's CSG storage ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell
Santos's CSG storage ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell
Santos's CSG storage ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell
Santos's CSG storage ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell

Santos Energy is seeking approval for a new waste treatment plant at its controversial pilot coal seam gas field in northern NSW without identifying how it will dispose of the briny and potentially toxic end product.

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