“According to the Herald’s Anne Davies (16/2/7), the Labor Government asked highly prejudicial questions about recyled water to produce negative poll results. Respondents were asked whether they were comfortable with “drinking recycled sewage, including toilet water”, when they could have been asked “Would you be prepared to drink recycled effluent if we could ensure that it was cleaned to the same standard as water drawn from our dams?””, said Bernard Rooney, Greens candidate for Drummoyne. (more…)
Iemma Government in Wrong Direction on Water
February 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Categories: Press Release · Water
Debnam’s Water Plan not good enough
February 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Letter to the editor, Inner West Weekly:
Re: “Desalination is on the way”, p.9, Inner West Weekly, 15/2/7.
The big curiosity in the Iemma Government’s attitude is exactly why it is determined to block alternative methods and commit the State to a desalination plant.
Leadership is required to show the public the desirability of reducing, reusing and recycling water as the answer to conditions of drought. The Iemma Government is not providing this, instead it has has been engaging in scare campaigns about drinking toilet water. (more…)
