A Queensland farmer says his family’s 140-year-old well turned cloudy after neighbouring water tests; the council has rejected a bottling plant linked to a 96-million-litre annual groundwater licence
- For generations, a Queensland farming family relied on a well that had supplied water for around 140 years.
- But in 2019, farmer Keogh says the water turned muddy and cloudy after a neighbouring property began test-pumping groundwater.
- Now, plans for a commercial bottling and processing facility near Warwick have intensified concerns among local farmers, as an existing licence permits the site to extract up to 96 million litres of groundwater a year.
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- For generations, a Queensland farming family relied on a well that had supplied water for around 140 years.
- But in 2019, farmer Keogh says the water turned muddy and cloudy after a neighbouring property began test-pumping groundwater.
- Now, plans for a commercial bottling and processing facility near Warwick have intensified concerns among local farmers, as an existing licence permits the site to extract up to 96 million litres of groundwater a year.
Sources: Times of India