Toowoomba says no to free water solution?

Is it true that Toowoomba City Council has rejected an offer from Qld Gas Company to supply Toowoomba with free water solving Toowoomba's water crisis?

See: Water Futures blog.

Surely this must rank as one of the worst decisions ever!

Here is a company which says it doesn't want to see the water go to waste and wants to provide it to Toowoomba (and other towns) for free. And then there's the Council who wants to spend $68 million on its I-PU! facility. Surely the pipeline cost would not exceed $68 million!

Why the rush to spend the money?! Why not use this water as an interim solution while long-term studies on the effects of ingesting I-PU are prepared?

Why not reconsider the decision?!

Something stinks in Toowoomba and it's not the water (yet!)