Water Debate Parliament

On Wedensday I moved a motion in the Parliament as follows:

That this house requires the Environment and Natural Resources Committee to inquire, consider and report no later than 31 December 2008 on the relative merits of supplementing Melbourne's water supply by some or all of the following means:

(1) further water savings that can be achieved by increased conservation and efficiency efforts;

(2) the collection of stormwater;

(3) the reuse of treated wastewater;

(4) the use of groundwater;

(5) small locally based desalination plants;

(6) any other optional water source which appears to the committee to be appropriate; and
calls on the Victorian government to suspend plans to take water from the Goulburn catchment and for the construction of the proposed desalination plant at Wonthaggi until such time as the committee has reported.

The debate in the house went for four hours and you can find a transcript of my speech by following the link in the above heading of this article.

Regards


Peter