Peter Garrett's Ruling - For the Environment

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Garrett rejects Traveston dam | QLD News | Breaking News in Queensland | The Sunshine Coast Daily via kwout

"Peter Garrett stops the Traveston Crossing Dam -- a massive problem for the QLD State Government, reported to have spent $598 Million before securing a green-light from the Commonwealth Government. 

We still haven't fixed the underlying issue - a chronic lack of water in an already dessicated landscape.

The Mary River eco-system had to be saved - a significant natural riverine habitat.  There are the historic communities and the fertile farmland too - productive land - a raritity in our increasingly harsh Australian Environment.

Where to next?


Dams are out!  Could Desalination be the only reliable way to secure our water future?

What would you do if you were running the current Queensland Government?

An Alternative to the Traveston Crossing Dam - A paper entitled "Traveston Crossing - Dam Solution or White Elephant?"

This proposal provides a viable alternative to building the Traveston Crossing Dam.
The paper is entitled "Traveston Crossing - Dam Solution or White Elephant?"


It is not simply a plan to secure water for our future, as it also fits within a larger framework - for example, this plan;

1. Incorporates the new weather phenomenon findings, published in February 2009, that explain 120 years of drought in Eastern Australia - including SE QLD.

2. Details a more efficient and cost-effective alternative - the distillation plant should have a maximum cost of less than $1.0 Billion - estimated savings of over $500 Million can then be used for other projects.

3. Provides a turn-key solution for guaranteed water - independent of weather, and/or the immediate requirement for another Reverse Osmosis Desalination plant that is close to the coast and subject to threat from sea-level rises - other similar sized plants take about 18 months - maximum.

4. Prevents the loss of fertile farmland - at a time when farming foodbowls elsewhere are under threat from climate issues.

5. Short-circuits all 1,200 conditions and environmental controversies over current Dam proposal - no wasted administration costs to police such conditions.

6. Follows common-sense principles enabling clearly defined outcomes.

7. NO BRINE waste by-product will be pumped back into Moreton Bay - yes, you read that correctly - No waste by-product to create further environmental damage.

The Big Picture element chain incorporates all of the following;
+ Natural Sequence Farming
+ Cogenerative Desalination - Distillation using waste heat from a power station.
+ Reforestation
+ Erosion Control & Prevention
+ Recharge Parched Rivers & Aquifers - east and west of the Great Dividing range
+ Flush the Brisbane River system
+ Reduce Moreton Bay pollution
= A sustainable plan for the future


Traveston Crossing - Dam Solution or White Elephant?