ABC's new CSG site

Updated November 24, 2011 11:21:49

Photo: The ABC has mapped every coal seam gas well in the country. (AAP: Supplied)

The ABC has mapped every coal seam gas well in the country and compiled a bank of information on a new website available from today.

Go to the site here.

The site explores the cumulative impacts of coal seam gas activities in Australia, including the amount of water used to produce CSG and the consequences for salinity and greenhouse gas emissions.

ABC journalist and site creator Wendy Carlisle says people can look up a well by place name or postcode.

"This industry has, you know, arisen out of almost nowhere in the last decade" she said.

"There is no site you can go to which presents to you in a readily understandable way the extent of the industry as it currently stands.

"(There's) information about how much water may be extracted, how much salt could be extracted and what the greenhouse gas footprint of those activities are likely to be."