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The Damage RePORT:
Dan Monceaux, Director – Danimations Pty. Ltd. May 2012
Where to for the South Australian mining boom?
Where are we now?
Where are we going?
● More investment, statewide (equivalent $ to ODX)
● Subsidised exploration (PACE program, 2004-14)
● Woomera Protected Area open
● Unconventional Gas
● Offshore oil and gas
● Desal plants, freight corridors & port developments
Paths to market...
Upper Spencer Gulf Ports
Point Lowly
Desalination Plants
Potential 214.5 ML brine output daily
So, what ifsalinity rises?
Dan Monceaux, Director – Danimations Pty. Ltd. October 2012
Middle Eastern desalination plants in gulf systems caused increased local salinity (40ppt → 50ppt)
Dodge tides may allow brine to pool & create deoxygenated zones
Total egg mortality for Giant Australian Cuttlefish occurs at 50ppt salinity
Salinity sensitivity of other species' early life stages unknown
Increased shipping, so what?
● Gulf at deepest is 26m, narrow channel
● Cape-sized vessels need 20+ m depth
● Propellers mobilise sediment (including metals)
● Increase turbidity
● Increase risk of accident (spill, grounding, collision)
● Increase submarine noise pollution
● Introduction of invasive species
Paths to market...
Lucky Bay
Photo (c) Richard Wylie
Port Spencer
Cumulative impact study?
● 1000 shipping movements predicted annually in USG by 2020 (Draft Marine Park Mgmt Plan)
● Potential 214 million L/day of brine return to USG & 55 to 137 million L/day at Port Spencer
● We recommend a Commonwealth Strategic Assessment of the region & moratorium on Point Lowly developments.
Documentary film coming, early 2013.
Dan Monceaux, Director – Danimations Pty. Ltd. October 2012
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Dan MonceauxDirector, Cuttlefish Country
ph. 0411 039 592dan@danimations.com.au