celebrities surf for desal wipeout



This is Richmond Football player Matthew Richardson doing his bit to help the campaign.

This pipeline prostester came out to support the efforts of the Bass Coast Board Riders Club and the Victorian Water Forum.
The Victorian Water Forum, a coalition of Watershed Victoria, Plug the Pipe and Clean Oceans Foundation were there distributing information.

The group are calling for storm water harvesting, recycling and better aquifer management to manage Melbourne’s future water supply.
They are advocating for:
An upgrade of the Eastern Treatment Plant to produce over 100gigalitres of recycled and/or purified water
Harvesting of at least 75gigalitres of stormwater
Fast tracking the installation of water tanks to 8% of houses per year to yield 25gigalitres
Encouraging strong water conservation targets in the community
Underground management of water (aquifers), with top ups from recycling and storm water.

The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Victoria’s recently released State of the Environment report includes as the very first recommendation under section 3.2 Water Resources (WR1) The Victorian Government should assess the merit of removing logging from Melbourne’s water supply catchments, to maximise catchment yield and water quality.



What we want from government is sensible water policy to secure Melbourne’s future water supply.
No pipeline, no desal plant, no logging our catchments.
Recycling, upgrading aging infrastructure, mandatory water sensitive design, water efficiencies/conservation, stormwater capture and water tanks are our water future.
Labels: clean oceans foundation, desalination, logging water catchments, plug the pipe, victorian water forum, watershed victoria
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