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Alcoa admits risking Perth’s drinking water supply

Alcoa admits risking Perth’s drinking water supply

Conservation groups are outraged that American bauxite miner Alcoa has received approval from WA’s Environmental Protection Authority to amend parts of their mining expansion proposal in the Northern Jarrah Forest. As part of the amendments, Alcoa now has approval to defer mining in reservoir protection zones (RPZ), which is a 2 km zone around water supply dams that are off limits to members of the public to prevent contamination.

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