The yuk factor ...

Interesting article on the recycled water debate from the Sydney Morning Herald (5 September 2005).

See - SMH - the Yuk Factor.

Both sides of the debate represented but the article ignores the report by the Australian Parliamentary Fellow (discussed earlier - here's the link: Parliamentary Report).

Dr Leslie is quoted in the SMH article as saying: "I would have no problems with my five-year-old drinking the water from the type of plant Toowoomba is proposing."

But the reality, Dr Leslie, is that your daughter isn't going to be drinking the water because you don't live in Toowoomba. Nor do any of the other experts brought in to say it's safe. It's very easy to say "I'd drink it" or "I'd let my daughter drink it" but they're not going to are they?

If you believe in your product, move to Toowoomba, put your daughter into school there and start drinking!

It will be interesting to see how the local opponents of the Toowoomba proposal take the fight to those in favour of I-PU!