The 4350water Blog highlights some of the issues relating to proposals for potable reuse in Toowoomba and South East Qld. 4350water blog looks at related political issues as well.
Excerpt from WIN News:
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 6:30 AM
For many years, the 4350water blog has informed readers of plans by the Toowoomba City Council (now Toowoomba Regional Council) and the Qld government to introduce recycled water for drinking in Toowoomba. It has also looked at the issue from a State and Federal perspective and dealt with related State and Federal political issues. There continues to be a need for the Toowoomba Regional Council to be completely transparent in its dealings with the ratepayers and residents of Toowoomba. There also continues to be a need for open debate on the benefits and risks of potable reuse and long-term studies on the effects on humans of drinking recycled water. Coal seam gas water is emerging as a possible alternate water source for some uses for the region. The 4350water blog is a collective effort and thanks go to its many contributors.
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2 Comments:
The question which has to be answered is:-
"Why has it taken 16 months for Flanagan and Thorley to realize that this extension to the Wetalla facility would be needed?" They alone were responsible for negotiations between the Toowoomba City Council and New Hope Coal. When the contract was signed off over a month ago it was not made apparent that $10-15M would be needed to clean the waste water to Class A+ standard.
Our old pals CH2M Hill are up to their necks in this new arrangement and the 8 Councillors have no compunction about spending this money just before a "NEW" Regional Council is to be elected. This is a huge sum of money when at the time the contract was signed the council was lead to believe that the cost would be $1-2M!
They believe that if the Local Government Minister signs off on it then it will be OK.
I have big news for these councillors - the community will not forget what they have done when they go to vote next March. One lone Councillor had the courage and sense to stand up and ask the question of this engineering report and that was Cr Snow Manners.
10:16 PM, November 21, 2007
Acland never wanted the waste water. Council knew and covered it up.
10:22 PM, November 21, 2007
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