Why the Bligh government will take anyone's crap ...

Exactly the same story as the ill-fated Toowoomba recycled water plant.

Recycled water is not a rain-independent water solution.

In times of water restrictions, the amount of input to the sewage treatment plant decreases.

It's also why some Councils don't want grey-water initiatives.

The recycled water process cannot recycle 100% of the wastewater fed into the system so ultimately, if there is no rain and no alternate water supply such as desalination, you end up recycling nothing.

All you're left with is an expensive white elephant and government officers out looking for new sources of sewage to pump into the system.

At that point, you'll 'take anyone's crap' ...

Excerpt from the Courier Mail:

Recycled water hopes cut back

3 October 2007

The Queensland Water Commission has once again cut its estimate of likely output from the State Government's $2.4 billion Western Corridor Recycled Water project.

The scheme is now expected to produce less than 60 per cent of its design capacity when completed in late 2008.

The project is a cornerstone of the State Government's drought-proofing strategy for southeast Queensland. It will purify sewage from Brisbane and Ipswich for use initially by power stations and industry.

It is designed to produce more than 230 megalitres of purified recycled water a day, or about one-third of current daily regional consumption.

However, the commission has been progressively lowering its estimates of expected daily output because of falling water use, which in turn means less waste water available for recycling.

"As highlighted in last month's report there was a risk that the estimated production flows from the completed project could reduce below 142 megalitres a day," the commission said in its report for August.

"A reduced water flow of 131 megalitres a day is now being reported by (the project), as a result of the drought and continued effectiveness of demand management measures."

The commission said the potential transfer of sewage streams from Loganholme and Sandgate to the Western Corridor scheme was being investigated.

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