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B2B - Keeping you in the know
David Harris
-Member for Wyong
In early February the NSW Parliament resumed sitting for
this year, I was determined to raise the Wallarah issue
again as soon as possible.
can establish how the proponents arrived at that figure
because there is no baseline data.
The residents of the Central Coast are not going to wear
this. A public meeting was held on the Australia Day long
weekend. Suddenly it dawned on people
right across the Central Coast, including
coast residents
people from the electorates of Terrigal and
300 megalitres a Gosford that this will impact them, and they
year of recycled mine
are not happy. Indeed, at that meeting they
discharge waste water said that they are prepared to raise whatever
amount of money is needed to fight it.
put into their water
On the 7th of February I raised a Notice of Motion
calling on the Government to hold a public
referendum on whether residents want
Do
treated mine waste water discharged into
want
their drinking water catchment.
“
The Wallarah 2 Coal Project has always been
questionable because of its potential impact
on the Central Coast water catchment. The
catchment
proponents of the mine have used some
strange magical formula to determine that
300 megalitres of water will be lost from the system.
They originally wanted water licences to compensate
for that loss.
However, the Government refused and instead told the
proponents that they would be required to return water
to the catchment. No-one, including water experts,
”
each year?
I have huge doubts about the figures that
have been used to make this determination.
But regardless, the question remains. Do coast residents
want 300 megalitres a year of recycled mine discharge
waste water put into their water catchment each year?
I think not.
Regards,
David Harris MP, Member for Wyong
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