{"id":72231,"date":"2022-06-23T04:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=72231"},"modified":"2022-06-23T08:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T22:59:57","slug":"shire-considers-position-on-alcoa-water-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/shire-considers-position-on-alcoa-water-licence\/","title":{"rendered":"Shire considers position on Alcoa water licence"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Surf Coast Shire council is considering its position on Alcoa\u2019s request to continue pumping ground water into its former mine pit in Anglesea.<\/p>\n

The aluminium company is seeking a six-month extension to the licence<\/a> it has been using to extract water from one of the main aquifers beneath the town as part of trial to assess the ongoing feasibility of turning the coal mine into a water body.<\/p>\n

Submissions on Alcoa\u2019s application to Southern Rural Water (SRW) recently closed, but it is understood that should the shire opt to make one, it will still be accepted.<\/p>\n

Councillors will vote on a draft submission to SRW when they meet on Tuesday, June 28.<\/p>\n

The Friends of Anglesea River group is opposing the application, largely due to the belief that decades<\/a> of pumping ground water at the site has lowered the water table across the estuary and contributed to its poor health, low pH, high acidity and lack of fish.<\/p>\n

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Acidic warning signs recently returned to the river.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The group commissioned a report<\/a> from Melbourne University hydrologist Professor Ralf Haese in support of its hypothesis and provided it to relevant planning authorities and the state government, but SRW and Water Minister Lisa Neville maintain that \u201cthere is no evidence that Alcoa\u2019s historic groundwater extraction has caused adverse environmental impacts in the Anglesea River and estuary\u201d.<\/p>\n

One of the group\u2019s members, Keith Shipton, said he was aware of between 30-40 submissions opposing the latest application that have been lodged, including from local businesses.<\/p>\n

The shire\u2019s position is likely to be more cautious of the proposal, according to Anglesea Ward councillor Mike Bodsworth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI strongly support everything that the Friends of Anglesea River have been calling for, which is a line of inquiry about the impacts of long term and ongoing groundwater extraction from the Upper Eastern View Formation (aquifer),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The river is approaching three years without fish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI have expressed that support in the council\u2026 I\u2019ve urged council to make a submission to SRW in support of the Friends of Anglesea River call.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel really sad, like a lot of local people do, about the state the river is in and want to do all I can to help whatever recovery is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

A SRW spokesperson said an in-depth review of submissions is underway, but was unable to speculate on how long the process would take or when a decision to approve or deny the application may occur.<\/p>\n

The Corangamite Catchment Management Authority (CCMA) has also made a submission and while it won\u2019t be made public, a spokesperson for the organisation said \u201cour response isn\u2019t one to support or oppose the application but rather to provide advice to Southern Rural Water to ensure risks are appropriately managed\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Alcoa groundwater pump test will be important to understand implications of Alcoa\u2019s future ground water licensing in this system.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE Surf Coast Shire council is considering its position on Alcoa\u2019s request to continue pumping ground water into its former mine pit in Anglesea. The aluminium company is seeking a six-month extension to the licence it has been using to extract water from one of the main aquifers beneath the town as part of trial […]<\/p>\n

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