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Rous Chair Keith Williams looks ahead – The Echo

Rous County Council Chair Keith Williams. Photo David Lowe. Since the Dunoon Dam was shelved, Rous County Council has put a new draft of the Future Water Project 2060 on public exhibition. They are currently seeking feedback from people living in the four constituent councils of Richmond Valley, Byron, Ballina and Lismore. In part two of this two part series, The Echo sat down with Rous Chair Keith Williams to dig into the detail, and address some of the controversy around the future of water in the Northern Rivers. Your opponents are currently attacking recycled water using quite inflammatory language. Is this damaging the prospects of success of projects like Perradenya, which some of these  people have previously publicly supported?

Dunoon Dam rejected again, but it s not over yet

We know that in dry times the water stops running, she said. I am concerned that if enough stress is placed on the Alstonville aquifer, it will collapse. In the councils involved, there is little to none understanding of the magnitude of this issue. Before the vote was completed, Cr Cadwallader said she will present another rescission motion for the next Rous County Council meeting. Cr Mustow called on his fellow councillors to support the motion. I think it s premature and short sighted to dispose of this land, he said. We need to be thinking strategically for the future, not for 10 years, but from until 2060.

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