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Issues in water law reform

… in the Crown. __________ 1 Hanson v The Grassy Gully Gold Mining Co. (1900) 21 NSWR 271; Dougherty v Ah Lee (1902) WN … was piped from wells to remote locations, very often for mining purposes. The early Australian responses to notions of … the use of water, such as hydroelectric power generation, mining, manufacturing and the supply of drinking water. …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… and enforcement capacity may be weak. Activities such as mining and chemical production can directly and negatively … be felt on both stocks and discharge, which means that mining of the resource is occurring. If relatively minor … system. If unchecked, this also will eventually lead to mining of the resource, despite the increased recharge. Water …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… (approximately 51%) were lost to forestry and peat mining between 1957 and 1987.44 In 1997 a global survey … by the combined impacts of urban, tourist, industrial, mining and transportation activities.58 2.2.3 Changes in … ground water include inter alia underground and surface mining operations, timber production and agricultural …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… in the recharge zone that might pollute the aquifer; mining activities that could destroy the aquifer matrix and, … Metals e.g., cadmium, lead, zinc, copper Industries and mining sites Persist in sediments and wetlands. They poison … n. 94, Annex. 76 tHe GreeninG of Water laW the aquifer; mining activities that could destroy the aquifer matrix and, …
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