Toowoomba Water Futures - read the Flanagan report on why Water Futures would still work ...

Make up your own mind - See - Item 15.1 Council Committee meetings scheduled for this week.

Is it viable or not?

You'll have to ignore the fact that it could NEVER be built for $68 million.

Look at the estimated cost for building the Bundamba AWT plant - $368 million plus $56 million for pump stations and $396 million for transfer pipelines for a total current cost estimate of $897 million (which will blow out).

The RO waste stream for the Bundamba AWT plant will be poured into the Bremer River or piped to the Brisbane River. There is NO agreement with Acland Coal to take the Water Futures RO waste stream. Where would it go - evaporation ponds for $70 million plus added cost?

Remember, pumping recycled water into Cooby Dam in late 2007 was based on the assumption that the drought was over otherwise Cooby Dam would not be taken offline.

So, read Mr Flanagan's comments with that in mind ...