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DOI	10.1002/ocea.5390
	Sustainable Water in Mining? The Importance of Traditional Owner Involvement in Commercial Water Use and Management in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia
	Garlett, Emma; Holcombe, Sarah
通讯作者	Holcombe, S
来源期刊	OCEANIA
ISSN	0029-8077
EISSN	1834-4461
出版年	2023
卷号	93 期号:3 页码:282-301
英文摘要	The mining industry is a significant water user, an issue that gains a particular prominence in arid zone mining regions, such as the Pilbara region in Western Australia (WA). Mining companies extract vast amounts of water from the groundwater aquifers to access orebodies and to dewater the mine pits. Much of this water is dumped in creeks, injected back into the aquifer downstream or used in mining processing. There is increased awareness from community members for sustainable water use in mining beyond life of mine, and the emergence of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles in the mining and metals sector signals a shift towards recognizing the importance of water stewardship. Much of the land subject to dewatering in the Pilbara is also subject to native title determinations. For Traditional Owners, important cultural values are associated with water. However, water is not adequately covered in native title, especially in relation to commercial use. We argue that Traditional Owner involvement in design and management of the use of excess water from a mining proponent's water licence (dewatering) can assist in sustainable use of groundwater, as well as provide opportunities in social and economic enterprises. As a provocation style piece, this paper is based on secondary literature, rather than ethnographic data. It explores the political and regulatory landscape of mine dewatering and outlines the limitations that have existed historically and currently and which inhibit Traditional Owners to participate in water management or commercial water interests. We also provide a high-level analysis of several mining proponents' public policy commitments to water stewardship to assess the sustainable use of water which involves stakeholders such as Traditional Owners in water decision-making. Finally, we identify possible opportunities and provide some recommendations, for water futures in this dry region where iron ore mining and gas extraction, already massive, are expanding further.
英文关键词	Indigenous Australian water rights water justice Pilbara mining region mine dewatering commercial value of water
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:001143707100014
WOS类目	Anthropology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/397932
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Garlett, Emma,Holcombe, Sarah. Sustainable Water in Mining? The Importance of Traditional Owner Involvement in Commercial Water Use and Management in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia[J],2023,93(3):282-301.
APA	Garlett, Emma,&Holcombe, Sarah.(2023).Sustainable Water in Mining? The Importance of Traditional Owner Involvement in Commercial Water Use and Management in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.OCEANIA,93(3),282-301.
MLA	Garlett, Emma,et al."Sustainable Water in Mining? The Importance of Traditional Owner Involvement in Commercial Water Use and Management in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia".OCEANIA 93.3(2023):282-301.