Comments on: How Much More Water?

By: jenevieve strohfeldt

jenevieve strohfeldt — Sun, 07 May 2006 10:44:58 +0000

I WAS BORN IN QUEENSLAND IN 1964 AND DURING THAT TIME TO THIS I HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES IN THAT TIME.I TRUELY FEEL THAT THE ANSWER TO OUR WATER PROBLEM DOES NOT COME FROM BUILDING MORE DAMS BUT IN TRING TO REBIULD THE ENVIRONMENT BACK TO WHAT IT USED TO BE. AROUND MY AREA ALONE THE RATE OF TREES AND LAND BEING CLEARED IS PRETTY REDICULOUS,
AND WITH THE EMPHISIS ON MONEY AND POSSESSIONS BEING PARAMOUNT, THE IDEAR THAT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE CHANGES MAY HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR WEATHER HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE QUEENSLAND AND LIKE TO MOVE HERE BUT IT IS TIME THAT WE TOOK STOCK OF THE SITUATION AND STARTED DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I AM NOT A GREENY AS SUCH BUT A VERY WORRIED LOCAL WHO HAS SEEN WHAT IS HAPPENING THANKYOU FOR READING THIS EMAIL REGARDS JENEVIEVE

By: Tom Marland

Tom Marland — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 07:46:14 +0000

I don’t think the current state government is particularly concerned with the ‘actual’ amounts of water the proposed dam projects will produce. As long as the figures look good on glossy paper and ‘appear’ to be a solution to a very serious problem. Unfortunately, for Queensland the current administartion will be long gone before the consequences of their ineptitude hits home.

This type of government mismanagement and ‘rhetoric’ over results is sadly not limited to water infrastructure. It applies to our hospitals, roads, electricity networks, our justice system along with a host of other environmental regulations.

The current government claims to know all the problems and assures us they know all the solutions to fix the problems. Funny, because when they are asked for specific anwers they can’t seem to find them.

But they will look in to it! In Qld we need alot less looking and a lot more doing.

By: Senator Andrew Bartlett

Senator Andrew Bartlett — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 05:07:10 +0000

Water Flowing up the Mountain

It is simply ridiculous that we are considering the massive financial and environmental expense of building more dams in South-east Queensland when we have done so little to develop the infrastructure to reuse the water we consume with such profligac…

By: Louis Hissink

Louis Hissink — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:56:42 +0000

Might be pertinent to enquire how Qatar supplies it water requirements, or other Gulf States.

By: Louis Hissink

Louis Hissink — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:50:37 +0000

Hinze Dam – conjours up a few images – must be a LARGE dam :-)