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  Your Water Your Say is an independent organisation who want to bring democracy back to our Governemnt's decision making processs.

  All future water provision in Victoria should be achieved through environmentally sustainable means and therefore desalination is rejected as an option for Melbourne's water management issues.

  Your Water Your Say aim to give a voice to the Victorian community of concerned citizens who oppose the construction of a desalination plant to solve Melbourne?s water management issues.

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DESAL-questions asked and answered in our brochure and more questions answered

The Penguin Brochure -

Please read our brochure and see if it answers any of your questions.

ask your question

If not please feel free to email us at
info@yourwateryoursay.org

and we will endeavour to answer your question as quick as possible.
But please keep in mind that we are just a small community group, trying to get to and trying to make sense of the not always accessible information.
So please bear with us if it should take a bit longer to get back to you.

questions posed and answered

question:

Please reply as to the litre capacity of the tanks in each suburban backyard to collect 150 billion litres ( the output of the desal plant) in 60 percent of Melbourne backyards if the current drought AND YOUR PREDICTION OF DOOM & GLOOM CONTINIES. ie: DECREASED RAINFALL

Please also reply as to IF the desal plant goes ahead, how it will mean NO MORE CAPPUCCINOS, Come on now , do you really believe that?????

And as far as recycling is concerned, would you sooner drink a glass of water that I have shit in OR a glass from a desal lant???

Our answer:

Thanks for the email and those common concerns.

The water tank alternative was examined and costed by economists Marsden Jacobs Associates, at the request of the Australian Conservation Foundation, and the results were published by ACF on April 16, 2007 can be seen on the ACF website

Report by Marsden