As the U.S. plans new mines for copper, lithium and other metals to use in green technologies, mining projects in the West could threaten scarce water supplies.
, the mining company based in Perth, Australia, that has begun exploration in the area, did not respond to NPR's requests for comment. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which authorizes mining on public lands, said in an email that the Australian company has just proposed an exploration plan, not yet a mine, and that"no decision has been made."
"There's basically little to no regulation out there," Buschatzke says."You have a common resource and a whole bunch of straws in the resource, and whatever the impacts are, the impacts are."" for water, including the site of the Resolution Copper mine, the mining sector is exempt from key water regulations.
"While we can enforce, it is better for us to work with folks to make sure they are achieving their regulatory requirements," Buschatzke says."We are a regulatory agency, but at the same time, the best way to ensure regulatory compliance is to have positive relationships with the water users." "Climate change took the mining industry in the country somewhat by surprise," Ihle says, noting that some mining companies in Chile have had to"There are some mining companies, they do have clearance for extracting some water from aquifers, but they don't have the water," Ihle says."They have the permit — they don't have the water.", director of the Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry at the University of Queensland in Australia.
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