QWC slams leaking of facts to the community ...
"It is recognised that misleading and false information, which has been reported without foundation, has impacted community confidence in this new source of water in recent weeks," it said.
See - QWC can't handle the truth.
- that it's not done all over the world
- that it hasn't been done forever
- that barrier 1 is a farce
- that industrial waste and hospital waste will be recycled
- that Singapore recycles 1% for potable reuse
- that Qld Health thinks dealing with the sewers is Brisbane City Council's problem
- that 70% of SEQ's population do not want recycled water poured into Wivenhoe dam
- that potable reuse is integral to the ultimate privatisation of water and sewage (ask anyone at Brisbane City Council)
- etc etc
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 7:51 AM
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The truth will set you free...
or if you've got a financial interest in forcing people to drink recycled waste: I guess the truth hurts :P
9:00 AM, November 28, 2008
not to mention a possible conflict of interest ?
The Government says an expert advisory panel is providing independent advice on the scheme and water quality...
The panel is headed by University of Queensland vice-chancellor Paul Greenfield....
Other members of the panel include Linda Blackall, who until recently was professor of microbiology at the university's water centre, and Ian Frazer, the university's Diamantina Institute for Cancer Immunology director....
Queensland Water Commission chairwoman Elizabeth Nosworthy is an adjunct professor at the university....
Queenslanders for Safe Water president Merilyn Haines said there was a clear conflict of interest between the university's role on the expert advisory committee and its receipt of money from project companies....
Professor Blackall said she saw no difficulty with the university providing advice while receiving money from the companies. "I can see how people might think there is a conflict of interest," said Professor Blackall, who now works at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. "I believe any conflict would be extremely minor, if it existed at all."....
Professor Greenfield could not be reached for comment.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,,24701883-36418,00.html
9:21 AM, November 28, 2008
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11:51 AM, November 28, 2008
Plus - that Qld Health doesn't intend to disclose problems causing contamination of the water.
11:56 AM, November 28, 2008
Without the Community speaking up, the Govt. & the QWC may have eventually been able to slip the use of recycled sewage into drinking water without a whimper - that's what they were counting on!!
The ONLY place that DELIBERATELY recycles their own sewage (WITHOUT industrial wastewater)is at Windhoek, Namibia where they only get 344mm per year of rainfall, and they haven't reached that average for over 10 years.
THEY are the people giving out false information - please do your OWN research if you don't believe it.
1) It is NOT done everywhere like it will be done here.
2) It HASN'T been done forever- WE are the GUINEA PIGS for this NEW system, the first in Australia - IF it goes ahead here, it will go Nationwide then Worldwide.
3) Barrier 1 IS A FARCE - see the NHMRC Hospital Liquid Waste Disposal info to PROVE it. (on the below mentioned website.) Industrial Trade Waste deals are about MONEY - the more the industries PAY, the more they are allowed to dump waste down the sewers - admittedly, there ARE grease traps, but ultimately, there IS no control over WHAT is dumped into the sewage system.
4) OVER 92% of people voted AGAINST recycled sewage use in a RECENT poll - the 70% they are touting was from a phone poll of ONLY 1000 people in S.E. Qld which was very misleading in the way questions were asked. Since then, people have become more aware of the risks involved in drinking recycled sewage and have woken up to the fact it IS dangerous. Our OWN Australian microbiologists and scientists are warning of the dangers, they should know the risks, who do you believe - a microbiologist or a politician?
1:16 PM, November 28, 2008
hasn't the plant at Windhoek, Namibia been closed ?
8:28 PM, November 28, 2008
Even Anna Bligh is in denial - talks about 55% in favour - no longer the high 70's - surely even those in favour of drinking recycled water can see the lies that are being peddled
10:21 PM, November 28, 2008
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