Traditional owners in South Australia say BHP is drying up outback springs

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Mining can be thirsty work. And in South Australia's outback, mining giant BHP uses more than 33 million litres of water a day at its Olympic dam site. That water comes from the Great Artesian Basin - use that traditional owners say has damaged, and in some cases dried up outback springs that are both environmentally and culturally important.

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