Brisbane stalls on Toowoomba water source decision ...

Excerpt from ABC News:

Toowoomba awaits Govt water decision

25 June 2008

With Toowoomba's dams at 11 per cent and falling, the city's council says it is still waiting for clear direction from the Queensland Government on future sustainable water supplies.

The city's main catchments missed out on good summer and autumn rates, and are dropping by 0.1 per cent each week.

Councillor Paul Antonio says emergency bores will come on line within a few months, and should stretch the water supply to the end of next year.

He says the State Government has been silent for the last month on a long-term solution to Toowoomba's water worries.

"[The] State Government really has to make their decision before we know the way forward, it's obviously going to be water from Wivenhoe Dam to provide us with that additional security," he said.

"If they've solved all the issues that surround the gas water and I would wonder if they'd done that at this point of time, they'd then be able to supply us with gas water."

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