Two coal mines in Greater Sydney’s catchment area are likely to be diverting millions of litres of water daily from reservoirs, an independent panel has found, prompting calls for a halt to further mining. The panel’s “initial report”, released before Christmas, found it “plausible” the Dendrobium underground mine between the Avon and Cordeaux dams was diverting 3 million litres a day into its workings. The nearby Metropolitan mine’s inflows were put at half a million litres, diverted from Woronora Reservoir. Read more