Santos gets early approval for CSG treatment plant without detailed plans

By Peter Hannam
Updated August 24 2015 - 1:23pm, first published 12:55pm
Santos' CSG field at Narrabri will have to dispose of a lot of waste water. Photo: Rob Homer
Santos' CSG field at Narrabri will have to dispose of a lot of waste water. Photo: Rob Homer
Contractors lay the lining at a new waste water pond in the Pilliga. Photo: Rob Homer
Contractors lay the lining at a new waste water pond in the Pilliga. Photo: Rob Homer
Santos' Bibblewindi ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell
Santos' Bibblewindi ponds in the Pilliga State Forest. Photo: Dean Sewell

The Baird government has been accused of making a "reckless" decision to give conditional approval for a coal seam gas desalination plant one of its own agencies said could pose a "significant environment risk".

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