Recipient of the 2008 NCC Member Group Award
The Government’s water policy
Sydney is running out of water, but Iemma’s election strategy is not to cut personal usage before the election – it’s to top up dams despite the environmental consequences; all to garner votes in Sydney on 24th March.
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Only 7 days water supply
Only 7 days water supply
Kangaloon aquifer is being targeted by the Government in a last ditch attempt to top up Sydney’s dams with just 7 days supply in order to delay more severe water restrictions until after the election.
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The Shoalhaven River is suffering
At times the river has supplied Sydney with 81% of its water and over extraction is causing pollution and damaging ecosystems. Labor also plans to spend $400 million on a 20km pipeline which would be better spent on water re-use and stormwater harvesting in Sydney.
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Call for a 5 year moratorium
Never before has the extraction of 45 billion litres of water been attempted on an aquifer with the geological characteristics that exist at Kangaloon with so little scientific study.
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Act now to make the lemma Govornment adopt the 5 year moratorium as called for by the Upper Nepean Community Reference Group, which is universally supported by groundwater scientists
For further information on the fight of our groundwater and the nation's current water challenges, you might care to also logon to http://groups.google.com/group/australian-water-network
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