About half of southeast Queensland residents want recycled water added to their drinking supplies, but not if it is derived from industrial and hospital waste.

Thousands of South-East Queenslanders will this week be enjoying bottles of Queensland produced "All natural spring water - containing no recycled waste water", in a bid to highlight the difference between the LNP and Labor's water promises.

Queensland's environmental watchdog failed to warn a string of regional population centres, including the city of Rockhampton, about the discharge of contaminated floodwater into their drinking supplies.

Opponents of a proposed industrial estate near Beaudesert, south-west of Brisbane, say toxic spill could flow into the south-east Queensland water grid.

A Gold Coast lawyer says it is unclear who will take responsibility if people become sick after drinking recycled water.

Premier Anna Bligh's sudden rethink of the southeast Queensland water strategy could end up costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of extra dollars.

The Gold Coast Mayor is calling for the Queensland Water Commission to recognise the Gold Coast's input into the south-east water grid.
 

Cannon Hill residents Bill and Mary Johnson don’t care if Premier Anna Bligh can’t make up her mind about the introduction of recycled sewage into our our drinking supplies.


The Australian - Queensland
Premier in line for more water torture
Tues Dec 2, 2008 12.00am AEST

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's spectacular backdowns on recycled water and on the controversial Traveston dam project will not save her at the next state election. Not unless she shelves her plan to add fluoride to the drinking water.