SMH criticises cheap rhetoric: gets confused ...

The Sydney Morning Herald dips its toes into the recycled water debate today criticising the Iemma government (among others) for ignoring the 'facts' of recycled water.

And then shoots itself in the foot by getting the facts wrong:

"But Singapore now "shandies" 10 per cent recycled effluent direct to its dam in its quest for water self sufficiency."

See - SMH - Singapore is 1% not 10%.

Anyone in this debate for more than 5 minutes knows that Singapore puts a token 1% recycled water into its reservoirs - with 99% used for batching concrete, air-conditioning units and the computer chip industry.

It's not the amount which is important. And it's not the fact that they ignored Singapore having the largest desalination plant in Asia. And it's not that they try to dress up the London '7 sets of kidneys' myth as a fact. It's just hard to take journalists seriously when they slam governments for decision making but can't get their facts right ...