Letters to the Editor – December 2

December 2 2016 - 5:00pm
Letters to the Editor – December 2
Letters to the Editor – December 2

Consultation needed

I am writing this a little more than a little bit alarmed at what I have read in relation to our water in Warrnambool and the surrounding areas. An article (The Standard, November 25), states the south-west’s drinking water will come from the ground instead of the Gellibrand River. Apparently Water Minister Lisa Neville, Wannon Water, Southern Rural Water, and the Department of the Environment have teamed up to protect cray fish and black fish etc. I was unaware that the water we were drinking was in any danger of being contaminated. This doesn’t sound right to me that instead of drinking from a river we would be better drinking the underground water. I am no expert and would like to view the evidence produced by an independent third party on this issue. I have lived in Allansford in the past and have used brownish bore water to shower with.  I am not going to drink water like this or from an underground source unless you can show me it won’t have any harmful affects on me or my family. We have to stand up and be counted when issues like this arise and let people know we won’t be pushed into some deal without consultation. Part of that consultation  should be proof from a reliable source that we would be better off drinking this new water and that the new water would be of a superior quality to the water we drink now. I just think there is more to this than meets the eye and I need everyone to support a call for an explanation

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