Qld State Opposition considers building Nathan Dam-Toowoomba pipeline ...

Excerpt from ABC News:

Opposition would consider building dam pipeline

5 June 2008

The Queensland Opposition says it will consider building a pipeline between the proposed Nathan Dam and Toowoomba if it wins government.

The State Government has allocated $58 million in the Budget to acquire land for the dam near Taroom, and $11 million for pre-feasibility studies.

Darling Downs' MP Ray Hopper says he has done his own study on how much it would cost to supply water from the Dam to Toowoomba and the project would be feasible.

"Costs $440 million to put a one metre pipeline with about four pumping stations in place and when you get a flood in the west like you did in February we could get the water to Toowoomba and then run it downhill to Wivenhoe," he said.

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