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Whitehaven fined $200,000 over water breach

THE New South Wales Land & Environment Court has fined Whitehaven Coal $200,000 for taking water without a water access licence.

Whitehaven fined over taking surface water from rain and rainfall runoff without a licence at Maules Creek.

Whitehaven fined over taking surface water from rain and rainfall runoff without a licence at Maules Creek.

The mine was accused of capturing 1 billion litres of clean surface water from rain and rainwater runoff in water storages at the Maules Creek mine between 2016 and 2019. At least two of those years coincided...

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