The CRC for WATER QUALITY AND TREATMENT's plain language CONSUMER'S GUIDE to Drinking Water has recently been updated. It provides an overview of water supply in Australia and around the world and discusses how water is collected, treated, distributed, used and regulated.

Dept Natural Resources, Mines & Water (Qld) has released a report by Parsons Brinckerhoff, examining environmental and social considerations, on options for TOOWOOMBA whose citizens, after an extensive campaign to address their concerns, will shortly become the first Australians to vote on INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE to secure its water supply into the future.

Communities throughout the world discharge treated (and untreated) wastewater to rivers and streams.  Many communities downstream then use the river as their drinking water supply.

Planned indirect potable uses have occurred for many years - with no known health issues.  Many utilities worldwide deliberately mimic Nature by recycling through technology.  A few examples are:

• Orange County Water District, USA
• Upper Occopquan Sewage Authority, USA
• Singapore
• Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Windhoek, Namibia

A multi-barrier process works on the principle of providing more than one means of removing any particular contaminant.  It means we do not rely on just one treatment process to do the job and a failure of one component will not compromise water quality.

Vote Yes for Safe, Clean Water for Toowoomba

The  poll on July 29 is a vote for Toowoomba’s future.  Our City has no future without clean drinking water. Our growth, together with a long drought and the reality of climate change, has made it clear we cannot solely rely on rain filling our dams. There is a solution that will provide safe, clean drinking water and is also the best option for protecting our natural environment.  Read more...

Toowoomba City Council (TCC) has a vision for the city that brings together the social, economic and environmental issues that our community values. Over the next decade projects such as the second range crossing, the inland rail, Charlton Wellcamp Industrial Estate, Quarry Gardens, urban expansion and the Water Futures Project will make Toowoomba a much sought after destination in terms of lifestyle and business opportunities.