00:02Water from the well on this Southern Downs farm used to be clear enough to drink.
00:07I wouldn't drink it now.
00:08Fourth generation farmer Peter Keogh believes the cloudy appearance is because of testing
00:14for a controversial water extraction and bottling plant slated for next door.
00:19It's not just me, it affects everyone in the area.
00:21With farmers concerned it'll impact their agricultural production.
00:25Developers have approval to extract 96 megalitres a year until 2111.
00:31Taking that amount of water out of a dry landscape
00:34is only going to be detrimental to all of the neighbours and the community and the environment.
00:40The company is Joyful View Garden Real Estate Development Resort
00:44and it wants council permission to build a bottle making facility as well.
00:49Turning the rural site into a high impact industrial zone.
00:53Changing the whole nature of the area so they can make bottles and transport water out of the area.
01:00The company has not replied to the ABC's questions.
01:03Last time this issue was before council, this land was gripped by drought.
01:08Water had to be trucked into neighbouring towns.
01:10Seven years later the grass is greener, but farmers say they still hold the same concerns.
01:16You know, you take the water away, you can't do much with land without water.
01:20The water licence was issued based on the department's assessment that the annual permitted groundwater take is sustainable.
01:28One water consultant says it's not a huge volume of water.
01:32If you consider water for irrigation purposes it would water a crop size of maybe 20 hectares.
01:42You put a straw in the bottom of a glass and take it out and where does the water from
01:48the top go?
01:49Council will vote on the plans this week.
01:51?
01:52inicialization
01:52Infant speed
01:535
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