Cases / Chemical pollution · Australia · date not stated
Hunter River salt discharges are shared through a 1,000-credit trading scheme
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Salt discharges into the Hunter River in New South Wales are linked to river flow and shared through credit trading. The sources reviewed do not report the scheme's effect on river salinity.
What?
Salt discharges into the Hunter River are linked to river flow and shared through a 1,000-credit trading scheme. NSW EPA
Where?
Hunter River, New South Wales, Australia. NSW EPA
When?
Described as current on the NSW EPA page; the start date is not stated in the sources reviewed. NSW EPA
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Discharge is banned at low flow; at higher flow it is allocated through 1,000 tradable credits, with a salinity target of 900 µS/cm. NSW EPA
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
The NSW EPA describes the Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme, in which salt discharges are linked to river flow and shared through 1,000 credits.
According to the sources reviewed, discharge is banned at low flow and the scheme sets a salinity target of 900 µS/cm.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the holders of the credits or the dischargers.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not report the scheme's effect on river salinity or aquatic life.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not state when the scheme started.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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