Protesters opposing a coal seam gas wastewater plant in northern NSW aren't giving up their cause any time soon.
Around 30 anti-CSG demonstrators blocked access on Wednesday morning to the Santos Leewood Water treatment plant in the Pilliga forest south of Narrabri, which will support 850 CSG wells above the Great Artesian Basin.
Sixth-generation farmer Neil Kennedy from Coonamble has chained himself by the neck to the site's front gate, despite heavy rain turning the ground to mud.
"We're going to keep on protesting and doing what we can, fighting this thing," Mr Kennedy told AAP from a mobile phone.
The 73-year-old admitted he was "getting a bit old for this", but he doesn't want to see the land destroyed for future generations.
"I've got 13 grandchildren, and they're good little blokes and I'd like to think they've got a future out here," he said.
On Monday police used pepper spray on 47-year-old Kerri Tonkin from South Australia, who had attached herself to an excavator and refused to leave the site.
"The actions of the police officers were excessive and dangerous," Ms Tonkin said in a statement on Tuesday.
Ms Tonkin and fellow protester Cyd Fenwick, 46, who was also fastened to the excavator, were both arrested and charged with trespassing.
Sixteen protesters have been arrested in the past month, according to the Pilliga Action Camp.
Santos said in a statement on Wednesday the protests are illegal and it has strong support from the Narrabri community.
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