An index to
Documents, submissions and letters
found on this website
| A. General Documents and Links |
| Link A-1 |
Rivers SOS Aims This document details the Aims of Rivers SOS. It is a 104KB PDF. |
| Link A-2 |
The Rivers SOS Alliance A full list of the Rivers SOS Alliance - the community and environmental groups that support our aims. Their website address or an email address is provided. |
| Link A-3 |
Rivers SOS - Our News & Views web-page Press Releases, published letters, announcements and pronouncements. |
| Link A-4 |
Rivers SOS - Photograph Gallery - Lower Cataract River A comparison of Lower Cataract River photographs taken during the 1970's and the year 2005. The pollution caused by longwall mining is apparent. It is interesting to see families swimming in the river in the 1970's, not too long ago. |
| Link A-5 |
Rivers SOS - Photograph Gallery - Waratah Rivulet Photographs of the Waratah Rivulet showing the damage of longwall mining. |
| Link A-6 |
Rivers SOS - Photograph Gallery - Georges River Photographs of the Georges River showing the damage of longwall mining. |
| Link A-7 |
Rivers SOS - Support Actions you can take to write or email a state parliamentarian. |
| B. Longwall Mining |
| Link B-1 |
Coal Mining in New South Wales An overview of coal mining in Australia and specifically New South Wales |
| Link B-2 |
The Longwall Mining - the process and its effects The Longwall Mining method is described plus its effect on the habitat |
| Link B-3 |
Goulburn River - The Drip The effects of longwall mining on the beautiful Goulburn River. |
| C. Submissions & Papers in PDF format |
| Link C-1 |
Nepean Action Group Submission - a 64KB PDF. Concerns BHP Billiton's plans to mine on the Georges River, Appin (10th Nov. 2005). |
| Link C-2 |
Rivers SOS Submission - a 62KB PDF Concerns BHP Billiton's plans to mine on the Upper Cataract River, Douglas Park (10th Nov. 2005). |
| Link C-3 |
GREAT Appin 3 submission - a 33KB PDF Concerns BHP Billiton's plans to mine on the Upper Cataract River, Douglas Park (Nov. 2005). |
| Link C-4 |
Link to Dr. Stout's report - a 632KB PDF A 32 page report entitled "Do headwater streams recover from longwall mining impacts in northern West Virginia?" Prepared by Dr. Ben Stout in 2004 for the West Virginia Water Research Institute. |
| Link C-5 |
Waratah Rivulet Briefing Note - an 82KB PDF Longwall mining under the Waratah Rivulet |
| Link C-6 |
Total Environment Centre's Longwall Mining Report - an 85KB PDF Freedom of Information (FOI) documents released reveal that the NSW Government was informed by the Sydney Catchment Authority of an unfolding environmental disaster in the Woronora Dam catchment well before it approved further underground coal mining in the same area. (27th June 2007) |
| Link C-7 |
When The River Runs Dry - multimedia - broadband preferred Prepared by the Total Environment Centre, this shows graphic images and details of the Longwall Mining effect on the Waratah Rivulet. (Sydney Morning Herald 5th November 2007) |
| Link C-8 |
Rivers SOS Submission to the Southern Coalfield Inquiry - an 277KB PDF The Rivers SOS Alliance 24 page submission to the Panel of Experts on the Southern Coalfield Inquiry in 2007. (July 2007) |
| Link C-9 |
Rivers SOS 2020 Summit Submission - a 37KB PDF The Rivers SOS Alliance 2 page submission to the 2020 Summit - in the category of "How does Australia best plan for its long-term water needs". (April 2008) |
| Link C-10 |
Rivers SOS Submission - a 74KB PDF The Rivers SOS Alliance 6 page submission to the Metropolitan Coal Project Inquiry. (December 2008) |
| Link C-11 |
BHP Bulli Seam Project - Submission from the Rivers SOS Alliance - a 208KB PDF The Rivers SOS Alliance 24 page submission regarding BHP's Bulli Seam Project. (December 2010) |
| Link C-12 |
Draft Healthy Catchment Strategy - a 135KB PDF The Rivers SOS Alliance 2 page submission to the Sydney Catchment Authority. (March 2010) |
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