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Urban Water Supply
The Greens are committed to sustainable solutions to the increasing crisis of urban water supply, especially in Sydney.
While ever-increasing population and changing rainfall patterns are placing increasing pressure on water supply, the Greens believe that demand-side management offers the best solution. Desalination and new dams are NOT the answer.
John Kaye and the Greens will continue to campaign against wasteful projects such as the Kurnell Desalination Plant and Tillegra Dam.
For more information:
- See The Greens NSW Urban Water Policy
Campaigns
John is campaigning in these key areas of urban water policy:
- Stopping the construction of the Kurnell Desalination Plant
- Providing solutions for Sydney's water supply
- Stopping the construction of Tillegra Dam
Latest News:
Dungog Council votes against Mayor and Tillegra proposal
The myth of local community support for Tillegra has been exploded by Dungog Council's overwhelming vote of no confidence in its Mayor, Glenn Wall, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Dungog Council move on Mayor for failure to represent on dam
Dungog Mayor Glenn Wall should resign for failing to express the Dungog Council's position on Tillegra dam regardless of the numbers at tonight's Council meeting, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Hunter Water's Tillegra spin fails to cut through
A survey of Hunter residents shows that the proposed Tillegra Dam is deeply unpopular, with less than a quarter of respondents to the Hunter valley Research Institute poll supporting the $477 million project or believing it should go ahead.
Hunter Water sanitises wetlands recommendations
Hunter Water rewrote its own wetlands consultant's recommendations in the Tillegra Dam Environmental Assessment Report, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Coalition privatisation agenda is expensive and unnecessary
NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell's plans to raise cash by leasing the ferries and the Kurnell desalination plant will raise costs on households without creating any economic benefits, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
New report shoots hole in Tillegra
Independent research by world-leading UNSW wetlands expert Professor Richard Kingsford (http://bit.ly/TillegraReport) warns that the proposed Tillegra Dam would seriously damage nationally significant wetlands at the mouth of the Hunter River, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Cancel Tillegra Dam and spend $477m on necessary projects
The Greens are calling on NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal to cancel the proposed the Tillegra Dam project near Dungog in the Upper Hunter and instead commit the borrowing to new rail, health and education infrastructure.
Sydney’s desalination plant set up for privatisation
Moves to give Sydney’s desalination plant its own retail licence are the first step towards privatisation of the plant, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. (‘Privatisation of desalination plant back on the agenda,’ SMH Business Day, 3 June 2010, p5, http://bit.ly/smh100603)
Keneally govt must put Tillegra plans on hold
Greens NSW MP John Kaye welcomed the Liberal-National Party to the campaign to stop Tillegra Dam and called on the Keneally government to put its plans on hold until after the next election.
Hunter Water ignores recycling to pump up case for Tillegra
Greens NSW MP John Kaye accused Hunter Water of ignoring recycling as a source of water for industry in order to inflate its case for Tillegra Dam.
