Panel to study impact of coalmining on Sydney drinking water

Environmental groups welcome move but want freeze on mining expansion until review is final

Coalmining in Sydney's drinking water catchment will be scrutinised by water experts, the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment has announced.

Enviroment groups, which have been warning for years of the impact of coalmining on drinking water welcomed the move but called for a moratorium on any expansion of mining activity until the conclusion of the review.