ABC 7.30 Report - "Residents oppose Toowoomba recycled water proposal" ...
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 8:04 PM
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
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For many years, the 4350water blog has informed readers of plans by the Toowoomba City Council (now Toowoomba Regional Council) and the Qld government to introduce recycled water for drinking in Toowoomba. It has also looked at the issue from a State and Federal perspective and dealt with related State and Federal political issues. There continues to be a need for the Toowoomba Regional Council to be completely transparent in its dealings with the ratepayers and residents of Toowoomba. There also continues to be a need for open debate on the benefits and risks of potable reuse and long-term studies on the effects on humans of drinking recycled water. Coal seam gas water is emerging as a possible alternate water source for some uses for the region. The 4350water blog is a collective effort and thanks go to its many contributors.
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2 Comments:
Quote from the 7.30 Report:
"DI THORLEY: Where is the miracle water? If you look at the bore water, that's been decreasing over the last 30 to 40 years. It's not coming out of the sky, so there is no miracle water there. Where is the miracle water for somewhere like Toowoomba?"
Where do you intend to get the water from to recycle Di Thorley, pluck it out of thin air I suppose!
If Toowoomba was to use every single drop of water in our dams tommorow and then add back your 25% of the water we use that could be recycled then the dams would have only 4% in them, not that you could ever get away with the outrageous figure of 25% anyway even if you were successsful with your filthy plan!
Recycling will not fix our problem, is not wanted for domestic use and can only supplement our water slightly.
11:57 PM, March 22, 2006
The proposed 25% of recycled sewage into Cooby Dam is not done anywhere else in the world. Even the Council's advisers consider it high by international standards.
Did the Council tell us this?
No, we had to wrestle the NWC application from them and read it for ourselves!
11:15 AM, March 23, 2006
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