Farmers objecting to coal-seam gas production claim that water pumped from the ground during drilling damages their land. Here, Queensland farmer Clive Duddy blocks the entrance of a property owned by the Santos mining companyPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersSubmerged agricultural land on a farm near Cecil Plains, QueenslandPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersSigns warn of an underground gas pipeline near the town of DalbyPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Farmer Scott Wason looks at a water-treatment project near RomaPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersCut wheat and approaching storm clouds at Scott Wason's farm near RomaPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersAn anti-mining sticker on the bumper of a truck near Cecil PlainsPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersFiltration equipment at a QGC reverse osmosis water-treatment plantPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersCoal-seam gas wells near Cecil PlainsPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersA worker inspects untreated water near ChinchillaPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersMining company workers prepare a facility for holding excess waterPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersThe unit is lined with black plastic before usePhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersThe unit will alleviate flooding in Cecil PlainsPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/ReutersGreen shoots on a farm near ChinchillaPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
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