17 November 2008

WATER: "States differ on recycling targets"

The Australian
13 November 2008

QUEENSLAND will easily meet the federal Government's target of having 30 per cent of its water supply recycled by 2015, but NSW has yet to take on the challenge, and the controversy, according to a commonwealth-commissioned report.

With Queensland Premier Anna Bligh facing renewed community concern over plans to add recycled sewage to drinking water in the urban southeast, the report puts the state's efforts into context, showing the varied state policy responses to the 30 per cent target...

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