and the NSW Government's view?
Goulburn in NSW is another starter for indirect potable use of recycled water (why don't we just call it I-PU!).
The NSW Government seems to be less forward in committing to the use of I-PU! in Goulburn particularly when Sydney isn't going for I-PU!, instead preferring a desalination plant.
In an article in the Goulburn Post on 29 August, the Minister for Police and Utilities, Mr Scully, is quoted as saying "[w]e have not come to a definitive view on this subject for we would have to be satisfied on all health and environmental grounds". He went on to say "[w]e need to ensure the recycling of sewage into drinking water meets all health criteria and the fact that Goulburn Mulwaree Council is even considering the issue shows how desperate things are in the city".
See - Goulburn Post - 29 August 2005.
So the NSW Government hasn't made its mind up and regards the use of I-PU! as something you choose when you're desperate. Interesting.
The Qld Premier, Mr Beattie, was quoted on ABC News on 31 August 2005 as saying "many of the concerns that exist today relate to prejudices rather than safety and health issues and we need to change people's minds about those things".
See - Beattie comments.
So has Premier Beattie made up his mind already, even before finalising the Guidelines for the Safe Use of Recycled Water?
Maybe the more cautious view of the NSW Government is the better approach.
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 11:30 PM
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Peter Beattie and his government do not give a rats a about the residents of Toowoomba. They are going to build two new dams to cater for Brisbane and the coast but at the same time they reject all other water plans for Toowoomba ss being too costly or have some other lame reason. They couldn't be happier to see the mayor of this city introduce her recycled effluent plant because they know that a lot of us won't tolerate it and will pack up and move to Brisbane or the coasts which is where they want us all to be anyway and that is where they spend all the big bucks. I heard recently that they spend up to ten times as much more on capitol works on the Sunshine Coast per year then what they do on Toowoomba. Thats funny figures given that Toowoomba's population is only half that of the Sunshine Coast.
2:22 PM, November 25, 2005
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