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Excerpt from ABC News:

Secret water recycling plan: opposition

25 September 2007

The Opposition has accused the South Australian Government of secretly developing plans to pump recycled sewage into Adelaide's drinking water.

Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith says an internal memo, leaked from ETSA Utilities, shows that SA Water developed a plan to pump recycled effluent into metropolitan reservoirs as an alternative to desalination, despite the Government ruling out such a plan.

"Can you trust a Premier that tells you one thing on water then does something differently?" he asked.

Mr Hamilton-Smith says the Government has since abandoned the idea.

SA Water has declined to comment.

The Premier has been working on another plan to bolster Adelaide's drinking water supplies.

Mike Rann has written to his Victorian counterpart, John Brumby, urging him to agree to a national plan to set aside River Murray water for an emergency reserve.

"I'm calling on Victoria to put the national interest first," Mr Rann said.

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