AGL, Transpacific probed over fracking water discharges

By Peter Hannam
Updated January 10 2015 - 2:14am, first published January 9 2015 - 9:00pm
Tanker trail: A photo of AGL contractor Transpacific Industries trucking the flowback water, taken by an anti-fracking protester in December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Tanker trail: A photo of AGL contractor Transpacific Industries trucking the flowback water, taken by an anti-fracking protester in December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Chase: Protesters followed two Transpacific tankers from Gloucester all the way to Newcastle in early December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Chase: Protesters followed two Transpacific tankers from Gloucester all the way to Newcastle in early December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Tanker trail: A photo of AGL contractor Transpacific Industries trucking the flowback water, taken by an anti-fracking protester in December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Tanker trail: A photo of AGL contractor Transpacific Industries trucking the flowback water, taken by an anti-fracking protester in December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Chase: Protesters followed two Transpacific tankers from Gloucester all the way to Newcastle in early December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Chase: Protesters followed two Transpacific tankers from Gloucester all the way to Newcastle in early December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Tanker trail: A photo of AGL contractor Transpacific Industries trucking the flowback water, taken by an anti-fracking protester in December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Tanker trail: A photo of AGL contractor Transpacific Industries trucking the flowback water, taken by an anti-fracking protester in December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Chase: Protesters followed two Transpacific tankers from Gloucester all the way to Newcastle in early December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
Chase: Protesters followed two Transpacific tankers from Gloucester all the way to Newcastle in early December. Photo: Katrina Pearson
AGL and Transpacific transported and processed 600,000 litres of fracking flowback water.
AGL and Transpacific transported and processed 600,000 litres of fracking flowback water.
The AGL coal seam gas drilling site near Gloucester. Photo: Ryan Osland
The AGL coal seam gas drilling site near Gloucester. Photo: Ryan Osland

AGL has become mired in fresh controversy over its coal seam gas activities near Gloucester after a contractor shipped untreated waste water to the Hunter region despite explicit rejection of the plan from the local water authority.

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