BHP guzzling precious farming water for uranium mining
BHP Billiton’s thirst triggers an outback water fight THE AUSTRALIAN, Sarah Martin Political Reporter Adelaide 9 Aug 14 SHANE Oldfield kicks the red rocks on his vast, dry pastoral lease north of Marree where he raises organic Angus beef for export.
The outback Clayton Station in northern South Australia has always been marginal farming land. With an average of 10cm of rain a year the property is dependent on water from the Great Artesian Basin in dry years…….. (subscribers only)
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