Long-term council vision lacking ...

Letter to the Editor, Toowoomba Chronicle:

The council admits that recycling is only a short-term solution in its submission to the Australian Water Fund, Attachment E pages (i) and again page 1: Water Futures Toowoomba is an initiative proposed by the Toowoomba City Council to maximise recycling and to defer the need for the construction of a major new water source.

If, as Mayor Dianne Thorley says, "there are no other water options", then what construction of a major new water resource is being deferred?

The council has already deferred tackling the water supply issue for two terms and again is leaving it to a future council to tackle the harsh reality that a new water supply is needed.

It makes more sense to tackle the hard options now and construct a new major water source, be it CSG water, irrigator swap, Wivenhoe pipeline or dam to ensure a drought-proof future for Toowoomba.

This council lacks long-term vision.

SM
Toowoomba