Jondaryan Shire Council asks TCC for more information on alternatives ...

The shires neighbouring Toowoomba are concerned about the city's recycled sewage proposals.

The Jondaryan Shire Council reported on its website on 12 September 2005 that it had convened a meeting on 9 September of all regional Councils which take water from Toowoomba and are affected by the proposed scheme.

At the meeting, the Councils requested that the Toowoomba City Council supply more information on their consideration of alternatives to the embattled Mayor's recycled sewage proposal.

The article noted that the Toowoomba City Council was planning to supplement a quarter of the supply (5000 megalitres) with water recycled from waste water taken from the Wetella Water Reclamation Plant. Currently, 19% of the water from the region's three dams which is treated by Toowoomba Water is supplied to surrounding shires - Crows Nest, Rosalie, Jondaryan and Gatton.

Jondaryan Shire Mayor, Peter Taylor, said local residents were pressing Council to take a public stand on the issue but lack of information made this difficult.

(This article no longer appears on the Jondaryan Shire Council's website: http://www.jondaryan.qld.gov.au/ but may be accessed via yahoo.com for the cached version - http://www.ansearch.com.au/count?id=zdzxhozxzi.)

The surrounding shires which would receive recycled sewage through their taps are obviously concerned by the Mayor's proposal and have asked the Toowoomba City Council to provide more information on the alternatives.

So here are more people questioning the Mayor on the alternatives to recycled sewage. The alternatives are out there - as the media is now reporting - what will the embattled Mayor tell the regional Councils?