UYDEC's Submission to the NRSWS discussion paper
Submissions are being invited on the Northern Region Sustainable Water Strategy go to for a copy of the discussion paper:
You might be asking yourself - how is this relevant to the Upper Yarra & Dandenongs Region - well one of the aspects that you would expect a Northern Region water strategy to include would be the Food Bowl Modernisation Project and the Sugarloaf Pipeline Interconnector project. But it doesn't! The strategy has put these aspects of the water management aside and is attempting to deal with the rest in isolation. UYDEC strongly advocates that the Government includes these projects within the plan and asks how can you develop a plan for the Sustainable management of water resources without taking these major projects into account. These projects will all have an impact on the water resource outlook for the region which is supposedly a key area to be examined by the development of the strategy. Exclusion of these projects does not assure us that full range of possibilities for water savings and environmental benefits assessed. Which further increase our reservations about the infrastructure projects as being in the best interests of Victoria's environment.