Anna gets it wrong again - this time in Parliament (updated) ...

The Deputy Premier's comments - "recycled water gives us a new source of water that is not dependent on rain".

See - Hansard - 6 February 2007.

But if it doesn't rain, where will the water come from to recycle (unless you build a much bigger desalination plant)?

Without rain, 80% of nothing is still nothing.

Seems Professor Cullen agrees.

Excerpt from the Sydney Morning Herald:

7 February 2007

However, the chairman of the Government's independent water assessment panel, Peter Cullen, described the desalination plant as prudent. "If this dry spell continues then desalination means there will always be an alternative source of water," he said.

Asked if Sydney could have avoided desalination if it had moved on recycling earlier, Professor Cullen said: "Maybe. But the beauty of desalination is that it is independent of rainfall, unlike even recycling."

See - Anna gets it wrong.

Does anyone in the Beattie government have a clue about recycled water ...