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"Lake Julius?" Tang Feng only felt that his brain was "buzzing" for a moment, and then the whole person was frozen there. No wonder I always feel restless these days, and I always feel that the terrifying man-eating crocodile seems to have some big killing tricks not come out, but today, after hearing the name "Julius Lake", Tang Feng finally understood where the reason for his restlessness was in the past few days!

Right there! It's in that artificial reservoir less than a kilometer away from the Tang Mine - Julius Lake!

The Lechhat River, which originates in the southern mountains of Mount Issa, is an important river flowing through Northwest Queensland, and together with the Nicholson River and the Flinders River, it is one of the three major rivers in Northwest Queensland.

Australia has a total water resource of 343 billion cubic metres, but only 17.5 billion cubic metres of surface and groundwater resources can be exploited. Therefore, in general, Australia's total water resources are on the low side, and the distribution of water resources is extremely unreasonable. Two-thirds of Australia's land area belongs to arid or semi-arid zones, precipitation is mainly concentrated in the eastern mountains, plateaus and valleys of the narrow strip, accounting for 1/3 of the country's land area in the central and western desert areas of the average annual precipitation is less than 250 mm, of which the Buckley Plateau in northwest Queensland is also a scarce precipitation area.

Moreover, precipitation in Australia is unevenly distributed within and between years. Precipitation in Australia is mainly concentrated between winter and spring, with two-thirds of the year's precipitation occurring between May and December, which is a flood-prone period and a water storage period. Precipitation in Australia also varies widely from year to year, with successive wet and dry years recorded, with dry water being particularly strong. This uneven spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation determines that Australia must build water conservancy projects to ensure the demand for water resources for economic and social development. So far, Australia has built nearly 400 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of more than 80 billion cubic meters, with strong water storage capacity. It can be said that in Australia, those freshwater reservoirs that dot the river are very important.

These freshwater reservoirs, which can be used to regulate the allocation of water resources, are an important government asset of the Australian Federation, so although Australia's water rights are vested in the state governments, the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, Water, Population and Community, as one of the federal cabinet departments, and the Australian Water and Land Board and the National Water Commission, the executive agencies of the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, Water, Population and Community, have very important oversight and veto powers over freshwater reservoirs in the country. The state governments are still under the jurisdiction of the federal government.

Although the Cabinet and its executive agencies do not have the power to assign and administer water rights, they can supervise and even veto things that threaten water security.

And Julius Lake, not far from the Down's mine, is a very important freshwater reservoir on the Lechhat River, and it is also a presence that can be directly monitored by the staff of the federal government department.

Again, it is not surprising that the Down's mine is so close to Lake Julius, and that a large-scale open-pit mining operation is about to take place, which is already a direct threat to the safety of Lake Julius.

In any country, water is undoubtedly the most important natural resource in the top few places, or even the most important natural resource in the first place. If there is less food, we can eat less or import, and if there are fewer mineral resources, we can also import, but if there is less water resources, what will the people of your country drink? Do you want to import it from abroad? It seems that except for a few countries in the Middle East that are rich in oil, they import freshwater resources from abroad, and those other countries have not heard of importing freshwater resources from abroad.

Therefore, there is no doubt that in a country like Australia, which is severely scarce in water resources, Australia's water resources are obviously more important than those mineral resources compared to the maddening abundance of mineral resources buried beneath its territory!

This is also the reason why Tang Feng felt that his head was confused.

"That man-eating crocodile is really powerful, knowing that his mine is impeccable in terms of procedures, and they have nowhere to start in terms of capital, so he unexpectedly chose one of the biggest weaknesses of the Tang mine, but this weakness is something that most people have never thought of at all!" Tang Feng covered his somewhat dazed head, and quickly analyzed the reason for the arrival of these people in his heart.

"Needless to say, with BHP's capabilities, it would have been easy to arrange for these government workers to come here to visit, but these government workers also have a very terrible power. They could have stopped the mining operations of the Tang Mines on the grounds that the upcoming mining operations of the Tang Mines endangered the safety of Julius Lake! ”

At this time, Sam also heard the letter and rushed over, seeing Tang Feng's remorseful look, Sam asked worriedly, "Feng, what's wrong?" Why is your face so ugly? ”

Tang Feng let out a sigh of relief, and said to Sam with a bitter face: "Sam, I'm afraid our mine can't be saved!" ”

"What? How can you say that? Hearing Tang Feng's words, Sam was also shocked.

Tang Feng shook his head and whispered to Sam the origin of these people and his judgment of these people coming to the mine, but Sam also looked dead after hearing it.

As a lawyer, Sam naturally knows better than Tang Feng what this means is that mining development is prohibited within three kilometres of a water conservation area under the Australian Water Resources Act. This is because mining development operations often damage the aquifer and aquifer in the rock layer of the subsurface of the water reserve, and it is easy to cause irreversible damage to the water reserve.

Of course, the law is the law, and the reality is the reality. In Australia today, there are many mines that are located within the limits of water reserves, such as Lake Mondara in the north of Mount Isa, which is also an artificial reservoir in the upper reaches of the Lechhat River, but near Lake Mondara, there are many mining companies, including BHP's Cannington silver mine.

No one takes care of those mines, but that doesn't mean there is no one here! Now, aren't all the government workers already on the door?