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.
6 November 2009
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 8:10 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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5 Comments:
Hear the rain on your roof- That's what is going to save us and then how do they explain the cost of pipeline that they have imposed on all of the TRC area?
There were always other options but this council and this State government were detirmed to build a pipeline to connect us to the water grid.
No-one is drinking recycled sewage any-where in the world and Anna Bligh has a white elephant at Bundamba because she can not sell it to any-one and it is only used to send water up to the power stations. That's a good idea but I am sure that it would not have to have "purified" for that purpose.
The people of Brisbane and surrounding area will not have a bar of the "purified recycled sewage " going into their dam and by the looks of it there will be no need to think about it until the next big drought. In 50years?
8:40 AM, November 09, 2009
Wasn't the Wivenhoe pipeline one of the no case options?
9:48 AM, November 09, 2009
QWC figures show that, without rain, Brisbane's dam levels will drop to the magic 40% mark in 2011.
10:39 AM, November 09, 2009
So why are they letting the Brisbane people use the water. Money.
It is all about money, and greed.
Anna wants the dam to get low again, so that they can then pump recycled sewage into it.
3:43 PM, November 09, 2009
My guess is Anna hopes it does rain and the dam levels stay high. She then doesn't have to deal with the recycled water issue.
1:26 AM, November 10, 2009
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