Pages River is a tributary of the Hunter River.

It starts at Towarri National Park, west of Murrurundi, and flows into the Hunter River below Glenbawn Dam. It's an unregulated river.

[An Unregulated River is a river that is not controlled by releases from a dam or regulated via the use of weirs and gated structures.]

The proposed Bickham Coal Mine is to lie within 150 metres of the Pages River and spread across to the upper catchment of the Kingdon Ponds Aquifer.

The Pages River is the sole water supply for the village of Gundy and supplies downstream farmers, famed Hunter thoroughbred studs and the Kingdon Ponds flows underground to the towns of Wingen, Parkville and Scone.

The Pages River is already over allocated and officially described as "stressed", yet geologists fear that the mine could effectively destroy the river by diverting it into the coal pit.

A unique environment and thriving industries on the river are under threat.