Mine trials waste water irrigation plan ...

Qld Gas Corp looks to irrigation as yet another use for gas water:

From ABC News:

29 May 2006

Mine trials waste water irrigation plan

A coal seam gas mine on the western Darling Downs is running trials to discover if its waste water can be used for irrigation.

The Queensland Gas Company opened Berwyndale South gasfields on a property east of Condamine on Friday.

General manager Richard Cottee says it is trialing irrigated cotton and other grain crops on its property.

"The major problem with our water from an agricultural point of view is sodium absorption ratio," he said.

"Basically you need to treat the sodium through the soil, it's a combination of the soil and others. We've gone a fair bit on the agricultural trials at the moment, obviously it's going to be another six to nine months before we can declare it successful."

Source - ABC News - Mine trials waste water irrigation plan.