Grey water use will curtail water recycling ...

Excerpt from the Courier Mail:

Diversion downside

29 August 2007

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is opposing a water-saving plan because it would save too much water.

Newman said Labor’s plan to subsidise household greywater systems would prevent inflows to the $2.4 billion Western Corridor Recycled Water project, placing it in jeopardy.

As part of his electoral platform, Labor Lord Mayoral candidate Greg Rowell has promised a $200 rebate for residents installing greywater systems.

But Newman said between 60 and 70 million litres of greywater a day would be taken from the western corridor recycled water project, designed to top up Brisbane’s dam levels.

‘‘It would completely undermine the scheme,’’ he said.

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