The 4350water Blog highlights some of the issues relating to proposals for potable reuse in Toowoomba and South East Qld. 4350water blog looks at related political issues as well.
Read Councillor Shelton's email to Stuart Khan and his response - here.
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 6:54 AM
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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3 Comments:
Yes, it is interesting reading, stuart claims the water is so pure they have to pump iron into it, if it's so pure why does it need anything else, seems there's more to RO technology then even Thorley knows. That IRON will make the water taste like a bad tooth FILLING day , everyday.
This just makes up my vote, I do not wish to run our underground water dry when the dam goes offline for 3+ years.
FFS, Even a tiny town like wyreema gets a water upgarde while we drink recycled sewage,,, funny how 900 odd people out weight 140000+ people, we are being ripped off by the TCC and the QLD Government, don't let them win, VOTE NO!
1:35 AM, May 18, 2006
Ummm...that would be IONS...not IRON...
8:15 AM, May 18, 2006
One of the difficulties with Stuart's late arrival to the Toowoomba debate is the time which would be required to convince a majority of Toowoomba residents to drink recycled sewage.
This assumes one can change people's minds - there are certainly large numbers in Toowoomba whom you will never convince to drink recycled sewage.
For the past 10 months, Toowoomba people have been subjected to lies and deception by the Toowoomba City Council on a level rarely seen in Australian politics.
And for what purpose?
To try to "educate" the people that they should be drinking recycled sewage.
Every study to date shows that an overwhelming majority of people do not currently want to drink recycled sewage. This includes the most recent polling done in Toowoomba.
The Mayor now proposes to embark on a relentless advertising campaign for the next 8 weeks, spending $460,000 of ratepayers' money to try to achieve what she has been unable to achieve in the past 10 months - to convince Toowoomba residents to drink recycled sewage.
It seems highly likely that this campaign will fail. You simply can't buy trust.
It also seems that the Mayor is very much afraid of this - needing to grant the Yes campaign $460,000 of ratepayers' funds while allowing $0.00 for the No campaign.
Even this week, she was up to her old tricks - trying to limit the number of how to vote cards which could be issued. Given that no election process in Australia seeks to impose such limits, this is once again extraordinary behaviour.
Toowoomba people are not stupid - they can see through these tactics.
The other difficulty the recycled sewage industry faces with the referendum is that this will be an opportunity for anyone with a grievance against the Mayor or the Council to express their disapproval through a No vote.
When the Mayor or Deputy Mayor abuses or threatens someone, do they really think these people will vote Yes? Do they think those offended by the parking changes will vote Yes? What about those who think the Mayor's obelisks were a waste of money?
Rightly or wrongly, voters will use the referendum to express their distrust and disapproval of the Mayor and the Council.
The $460,000 ratepayer funded advertising campaign has offended many people.
Many people are also outraged that the Council has continually lied to them.
These people are unlikely to vote Yes.
The recycled sewage industry should perhaps have done some homework before choosing Mayor Thorley as their spokesperson.
8:36 PM, May 18, 2006
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