He said the company was also required to put programs in place to monitor aquifer drawdown and the health of vegetation in the region, and report the results.
âWeâve done a lot of work to make sure what weâre proposing meets the criteria the government has set for impacts on groundwater dependent ecosystems,â he said.
He said if the company found its assumptions were inaccurate or the impacts were greater than modelled âwe will adapt our bore field accordinglyâ.
âI think a lot of the conditions that have been put into the licence ⦠should give comfort to people who have what are quite genuine concerns,â he said.