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A sacred waterhole used by Aboriginal people in Western Australia has dried up for the first time in living memory, with the Robe River Kuruma Traditional Owners attributing the loss to Rio Tinto's over-extraction of water for its iron ore joint venture, while the company plans to construct a desalination plant to address water shortages. #WaterRights #IndigenousIssues #Sustainability #AU #WA
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Rio Tinto's water use dries sacred waterhole, Aboriginal group says
MELBOURNE, May 6 (Reuters) - A sacred waterhole used for thousands of years by Aboriginal people in Western Australia has run dry for the first time in living memory, with the Robe River Kuruma Traditional Owners blaming years of unsustainable water pumping by Rio Tinto.