Please see the invite detailed below, and circulate where possible:
SOUTHERN
CROSS UNIVERSITY
LESS
Seminar on Thursday 8th November 2012
"The
Paradox of Coal Seam Gas & Groundwater:
Impacts vs No Impacts?"
A
presentation by Dr Gavin Mudd
12.30pm at
Y Block (Y204), Southern Cross University, Lismore.
Coal seam gas presents substantial long-term risks to groundwater resources
which need to be carefully assessed, monitored and managed. The CSG industry
in Australia is less than a decade old and our experience is therefore limited
to be able to understand the true nature and extent of long-term risks to
groundwater. On the one hand, the industry claim that no impacts have yet been
proved from CSG in Australia - but on the polar opposite side communities
living in CSG areas are claiming extensive impacts such as polluted water and
air leading to major risks of health impacts as well as reductions in
groundwater levels. Obviously, both claims can't be valid at the same time.
This presentation will provide food for thought for all concerned about the
groundwater risks of CSG - community, researchers, industry and government
alike.
Dr Gavin Mudd is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at
Monash University. His major areas of research are in environmental and
resource sustainability, and his numerous publications include papers on
mining impacts, water resource modelling systems and the impacts of mining on
water systems. He has also written a Chapter in The Ten Commitments -
Reshaping the Lucky Country’s Environment.
All interested persons are invited to attend.
For further details please contact: ese@scu.edu.au
Kind regards,
Hanabeth Luke
PhD Candidate
School of Environment, Science and
Engineering
Southern Cross University
Lismore
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