In February 2007, BCAG, like others in the district, are waiting for Bickham Coal Company to release their Water Resource Assessment (WRA). The determination of the NSW Scientific Committee (below) documents a shameful story about the impact of longwall mining on water courses in NSW. The Gilbert & Sutherland document outlines some of the concerns BCAG members have with the proposal to mine so close to the Pages River, a Major Tributary of the Hunter River.