Greens MLC Ian Cohen today warned that the Iemma Government would face a sustained campaign from locals and environmentalists against the desalination plant planned for Kurnell.
“A desalination plant smacks of yesterday’s thinking. It is an old guard big fix engineering solution instead of the modern innovation that Sydney needs,” Mr Cohen said.
“The community will not stand for Iemma’s dinosaur solution for Sydney’s water needs.
“Demand management, water recycling are the solutions that Sydney is crying out for.
“With so much of Sydney’s water going through homes un-metered it is simply reckless for the Premier to forge ahead with the desalination plant.
“The greenhouse ramifications of desalination are enormous yet not a word on the topic was mentioned in today’s media release announcing the plant’s site and preferred tenderers.
“Climate change is causing evermore severe droughts and water shortages such as Sydney is experiencing. Even a school child can see that building a electricity guzzling, greenhouse gas emitting desalination plant is no solution at all,” Mr Cohen said.
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