Paradise Dam
Wateranga Project Initial Advice Statement
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1. OVERVIEW Queensland Industrial Minerals Ltd (“QIM”) wishes to apply for a Mining Lease in order to progress its potentially world class Wateranga Industrial Minerals Project, located approximately 80 km southwest of Bundaberg in Queensland. The Wateranga Project (EPM 13278) has a combined eluvial and hard rock deposit comprising feldspar, ilmenite, apatite, mica, scandium, zircon, corundum and rutile. Currently, the Project’s eluvial ore reserve and resource base accounts for 225 million tonnes at 4% ilmenite, 20% feldspar, 12% mica, 0.8% apatite and 30ppm scandium. The hard rock resource has been estimated to comprise in the order of 345 million tonnes at 34.3% of feldspar. These resource levels indicate a 30-plus year mine life. These identified resources are located both north and south of the Burnett River.
Dam Filling Even Before Completion
“The Queensland Government also wishes to acknowledge and commend developer Burnett Water’s commitment to the environment during construction of the dam,” Mr Beattie said. “The company has spent more than $20 million on a range of environmental projects at the dam site, including engaging Greening Australia to plant more than 100,000 native trees along the Burnett River. “A state-of-the-art fishway on the Burnett River Dam wall will soon be completed to allow for upstream and downstream passage of fish, including Queensland’s iconic lungfish.”
Oh how things change! - $12.6 million gets Burnett-Mary region plan rolling
Pristine Fraser Island and the productive Burnett and Mary Valleys will be better protected thanks to $12.6 million in Australian and State Government funding for the Burnett-Mary Region in Queensland. The Regional Investment Strategy, which follows the accreditation of the Natural Resource Management Plan, was announced today by Australian Government Ministers for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Warren Truss; and Queensland Ministers for Natural Resources, Stephen Robertson and Environment, Desley Boyle. This three-year investment plan includes $4.2 million from the Natural Heritage Trust and $8.4 million from the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality.
Extracts from: Paper D - Burnett Basin Regional Community Water Quality Networks and Rivercare (PAP 2.1 / 2.2)
Key problem issues identified in various catchments were sediment and nutrient runoff (Kolan, Burnett, Elliott, Stuart and Boyne river systems), deteriorating water quality in surface waters (Kolan and Burnett catchments) and aquifers (north Burnett region, suspected Elliott and inland regions), decreased river flow (Burnett River catchment) and increased water extraction (Elliott River, Burnett River systems), increased salinity (Three Moon catchment, middle of Barambah Creek subcatchment), potential for contamination by agricultural chemicals (Elliott, Isis and Gregory river catchments, Barker-Barambah subcatchments) and increased incidence of fish kills (Burnett River), water weed invasion and blue-green algal blooms (Stuart and Boyne River systems, impoundments, lower Burnett River). A reduced and/or degraded riparian zone was also noted as a key issue, as was the lack of identified reference reaches (to enable comparison and template for rehabilitation efforts).
A submission from Burnett Water For All - 1 April 2002
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The development is a 300 000 ML structure proposed for the Burnett River at Paradise, 131.2 km upstream from the mouth, which will capture 130 000 ML of water annually. Paradise Dam will flood 45 km of the Lower Burnett River which, combined with the existing Walla Weir, Bingera Weir, and Ben Anderson Barrage impoundments, will result in 70% of the freshwater Lower Burnett being contained as a lake system. However, unlike a natural lake, the Lower Burnett will be subject to frequent fluctuation in water levels as water is released for irrigation purposes. The dam has been put up as part of an infrastructure package, which also includes Eidsvold Weir, Barlil Weir and the raising of Walla and Jones Weirs. The combination of these Weirs and Dams will extract an additional annual volume of water totaling 196 000 ML
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