Just how much water are they stealing from Aquifers?

'The volume of water to be removed from the aquifers is staggering – the latest figures are that the equivalent of twenty times Sydney Harbour (10 million megalitres) will be extracted from the GAB [Great Artesian Basin] for CSG [mining]'.

http://www.gabpg.org.au/mines-csg

 

 

No 2 Gas from the Pilliga

What?!
"The volume of water to be removed from the aquifers is staggering – the latest figures are that the equivalent of twenty times Sydney Harbour (10 million megalitres) will be extracted from the GAB for CSG."
 
http://www.gabpg.org.au/mines-csg
 
"The Coal Seam Gas (or Coal Bed Methane) industry, and the mining industry, present the greatest threats to the GAB today."
You can say that again!