If a CSG water provider does not wish to, or cannot comply with the requirements of a general beneficial use approval, it may apply under Chapter 8 of the WRR Act for a specific beneficial use approval. Beneficial use of CSG water for the augmentation of public water supply storages or potable water supplies will require a specific beneficial use approval.
Beneficial uses of CSG water covered by the general DEHP approval for the beneficial use of CSG water include:
• aquaculture and human consumption of aquatic foods
• coal washing
• dust suppression
• industrial use
• irrigation
• livestock watering
CSG water varies widely in its water quality characteristics and beneficial use of the resource is unlikely without
some form of treatment (an active process) or amendment (simple chemical addition, for example the addition
of sulphuric acid or gypsum).
