http://www.yourwateryoursay.org Desalination - We Say No! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:29:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To download the Media Release as a pdf click here Bass Coast Shire Council, 76 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi, VIC 3995 | www.basscoast.vic.gov.au 21 August 2008 EES ASSISTANCE NEEDED Bass Coast Shire Council and the Your Water Your Say action group are calling on the community to help respond to the Environment Effects Statement (EES). The ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/21/21-aug-08-ees-asssitance-needed/ Please download the BCSC Desalination EES Media Release as a pdf Bass Coast Shire Council, 76 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi, VIC 3995 | www.basscoast.vic.gov.au 20 August 2008 EES UNDER SCRUTINY The release of the Environment Effects Statement (EES) for the Victorian Desalination Project has not changed Bass Coast Shire Council’s opposition to the proposed plant. ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/21/21-aug-08-ees-under-scrutiny/ Adam Morton August 21, 2008 MORE than 1.4 million tonnes of greenhouse gas will be pumped out during the construction of Victoria's proposed desalination plant, and another 1.2 million tonnes emitted each year once it starts boosting Melbourne's water supply. The figures were released yesterday in the Government's 1600-page environmental effects study report ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/21/the-age-21-august-2008-environmental-study-gives-desal-plant-green-light/ Please download the PRESS RELEASE as a .doc 20th August 2008 EES REPORTS ARE TOO LATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT The Your Water Your Say Action Group is heartened to see that 12 months after the State Government announced it is to build the largest desalination plant in Australia on the Bass Coast, they ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/20/20-august-ees-reports-are-too-late-for-the-environment/ The FOI refusal from Melbourne Water states 'unnecessary public debate' as a reason for not releasing the hidden recycling report. Clean Ocean Foundation will pursue the matter in court if this vital information is not released. Click here to read Melbourne Water's response letter Click here to have a look at the ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/20/clean-ocean-foundation-freedom-of-informtion-request-denied/ Download GregHunt's media release - Water report must be made public 19 August 2008 WATER REPORT MUST BE MADE PUBLIC The Brumby Government has moved to ensure that ordinary Victorians are locked out of debate over the future of the State’s water supply. A refusal to release documents requested under the Freedom of Information ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/20/greg-hunt-water-report-must-be-made-public/ Kenneth Davidson August 18, 2008 MELBOURNE households have had only a taste of the unnecessary burden the State Government is imposing through a 20% increase in water rates for 2008-09. This is because of the Government decisions to go ahead with the plan to desalinate water at Wonthaggi and build a north-south pipeline ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/18/the-age-18-august-common-sense-goes-down-the-drain/ Maybe the involved greenhouse gas emissions and the discharges and byproducts could also be incorporated in a "green" colour scheme? PETER KER August 16, 2008 BIDDERS in the race to build Victoria's desalination plant are scrambling for expensive and distinguished architects, with the State Government set to impose strict aesthetic requirements on ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/16/the-age-sat-16-aug-visual-design-key-for-desalination-plant/ Adam Morton August 16, 2008 THE head of a new expert panel advising the Premier on climate change has criticised the State Government's performance in cutting greenhouse emissions, arguing that senior ministers fail to comprehend the scope and urgency of the problem. Professor David Karoly, a lead author with the UN's climate panel ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/16/the-age-sat-16-aug-state-failing-to-grasp-urgency-of-climate-change/ Alan Moran August 13, 2008 The Government is ignoring a reliable and affordable supply source. WATER saving and agonising over an augmentation of Victoria's urban supply have been long and unnecessary exercises. We have plenty of water available for Melbourne and regional cities. Victoria's average stream flow is about 27 million megalitres, although flows ... http://www.yourwateryoursay.org/2008/08/13/the-age-wed-13-aug-dam-good-idea-holds-water/