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Forum to expose Tillegra Dam folly
Monday 01 September 2008
A meeting at the NSW parliament house will discuss the Iemma government's plan to dam the Williams River near Dungog.
Central Coast residents facing Tillegra Dam water price shock
Thursday 14 August 2008
The construction of Tillegra Dam near Dungog could cause Central Coast water bills to blow out by up to 84 per cent, even though the dam is completely unnecessary, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Rees keeps Southern Highlands aquifer pumping options alive
Thursday 19 June 2008
NSW Water Utilities Minister Nathan Rees is misleading the people of the Southern Highlands and Western Sydney when he says the groundwater borefields pumping proposals are off the agenda, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Adjournment Speech: Tillegra Dam an expensive mistake
Wednesday 04 June 2008
In the lead-up to the 2007 State election Premier Morris Iemma interfered in the planning of the lower Hunter's water supply by announcing that a dam would be built at Tillegra. The proposed impoundment of the Williams River north of Dungog would create a storage larger than Sydney Harbour, with potentially disastrous consequences not only for farmers and the local community, but also for budgets of households in the lower Hunter.
Tillegra dam project could blow out Hunter water bills by 88%
Thursday 22 May 2008
Hunter Water’s insistence on building a dam to create a storage the size of Sydney Harbour on the Williams River north of Dungog will not only devastate the local environment. It will ravage household budgets, all for water supply that is not needed, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Sydney's desal pollution saga risks Botany Bay marine future
Monday 21 April 2008
After three days of persistent silt spillages at Silver Beach, NSW Water Minister Nathan Rees has little choice but to put an immediate hold on the construction of the desalination water pipeline across Botany Bay, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Power station chemical spill is warning for Sydney water supply
Wednesday 09 April 2008
Reports of a spill from a 10,000 litre container of sulphuric acid at Wallerawang power station near Lithgow highlight the risk of placing coal-fired electricity generation in Sydney's water catchment, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Iemma's desalination blunder comes home to roost
Thursday 27 March 2008
Sydney, Illawarra and Blue Mountains residents should remember that the increase in their water bills was driven by Premier Morris Iemma's panicked decision to build a desalination plant, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Keep the restrictions, ditch the desal
Monday 03 March 2008
The Greens are calling on the NSW Government to maintain level 3 water restrictions and instead freeze construction of the desalination plant at Kurnell.
Dams at 64% and rising: Iemma's desal panic looking more silly
Thursday 07 February 2008
The last week has seen Sydney's water storages rise by a massive 3%, putting yet more pressure on the Iemma government to stop work on the Kurnell desalination plant, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
