Is it really worthwhile?

In the Toowoomba Chronicle on 5 September 2005, Mr Kevin Flanagan, Council Director of Engineering Services is quoted as saying in response to a suggestion that the recycled water project be limited to industry use: "[u]nfortunately we don’t have enough industry in Toowoomba (to warrant the huge cost)".

See - Chronicle - Flanagan comments.

So, the project is not economically viable if used just for industry. But there's no proof of the long-term effects from drinking the recycled water?

Are Toowoomba's residents and ratepayers being forced to drink the recycled water merely to justify the cost of providing it to industry?

Maybe we all need to look at other solutions?