THE town of Injune is falling apart at the seams due to the combined pressures of the oil and gas industry, October's meeting of Advance Injune heard.

As one resident at a town meeting said, "a few years ago you could fire a cannon up the main street and not hit anyone, now it's continually busy."

Situated in the heart of Surat Basin gas fields the town is unable to cope with the influx of workers.

Advance Injune president Puddy Chandler read out a litany of complaints including the lack of water pressure, high rents, the closure of the airport, the state of the roads, the overloaded hospital and the congested telephone  network, all of which were caused by the oil and gas industry.

"Telstra have told us there is 500 people in town but 3000 people in the field so the 3G network is overcrowded, " Ms Chandler said.

"Meanwhile the only time anyone can have a shower is at 2am and there is no pressure to water a garden."

Santos GLNG Community Engagement Manager John Phalen had previously denied their subcontractor Saipem was drawing from town water.

"We have been advised by Saipem Australia it is not drawing any water from the Injune town water supply and will use water for construction activities from alternative sources rather than tapping into the town's supply," Mr Phalen said.

"Water currently being used for dust suppression has been collected at existing construction sites and is treated before use."

But most people at the Advance Injune meeting are convinced the resource companies are to blame.

"Why doesn't Santos drill its own bores or use its reverse osmosis water instead of our water?" Injune resident Ray Klein asked.

Maranoa Council Deputy Mayor Scott Wason told the meeting Council was aware of the water issue and there was an allocation in the budget to fix the problem with a new bore pump and switchboard by the end of January 2012.

Meanwhile Injune Airport is also closed to all but emergency traffic and Cr Joy Denton told the meeting repairs could cost in the region of $5-10m.

"We are negotiating with the resource companies over it," Cr Denton said.

Cr Peter Flynn said large planes had landed at the airport in the last two years that never should have been allowed to land.

"They caused irreversible damage to the footings of the strip," Cr Flynn said.

"It cost Roma airport $6m to replace the tarmac so $5m for Injune is not unreasonable."

Mr Phalen said Santos GLNG was in discussion with the Maranoa Regional Council about potential to provide further funding towards the Injune Airport.  

Ms Chandler said Injune residents were the "meat in the sandwich" when it came to the resource industry and she appealed for help from Federal member Bruce Scott who was present.

"We need support from Government - this is only going to get worse," she said.

Injune Hospital's Director of Nursing Janelle Stansford said numbers presenting at the hospital have increased dramatically in recent years.

In 2008 the hospital was averaging 70-130 visits a month - now it's up to 600 to 700 a month.

"The hospital is a full house most of the time," Ms Stansford said.

"There are 25 people lined up at the front door every day."