Copy to the Bendigo Advertiser

I wonder if Bendigo residents are concerned that their water storages are less than eight percent? Do they wonder whether the superpipe can really answer their needs? Would they be interested in supporting and pushing for a guaranteed supply of water from the south? Sent a copy to Mr Peter Hyett – The Bendigo Advertiser.

Copy to Catherine King

I contacted Cathering King with the idea that even if the superpipe fails to deliver water from the stressed Murray Goulburn system to Central Highlands, then (given forward planning) connecting a pipeline from a Portland desalination plant to Ballarat would deliver water all the way north.

Copy to ABC

Ballarat's superpipe has been much in the media lately. It seems absurd to be building a pipe from a stressed water resource in one part of the state to an almost empty one further south. I do hope they're engineering in a two-way pumping system. Surely sourcing NEW water is a wiser move. I sent a copy of the concept paper to Stephen Martin, Reporter from the ABC Office, Ballarat.

Copies to Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett

Not hearing from Mr Albanese's office, I decided to go to "the top" because the ALP seem to be more focussed than government on the climate crisis. Latest versions sent to Kevin Rudd MP and Peter Garrett MP, Federal ALP.

Update: 2/5/07: Nothing heard back.

Copy to The Age

I saw an article in The Age mentioning that the state is considering a desalination plant to supply Melbourne, so I sent a copy of my concept paper to Debbie Cuthbertson, Chief of Staff, The Age. She said she was more interested in breaking news and she would pass the story on to her reporting staff who might follow it up.

Copy to Denis Napthine

Perhaps my local state member would be interested? I sent a copy to Dr. Denis Napthine, State Member for South West Coast. He thought it was a good idea too.

Full document at Zoho

Let's see how this works. I've uploaded Clever Country - Dying of Thirst to Zoho. Let me know whether you have any trouble accessing the document.

If anyone knows a free and easy-to-access file sharing site enabling upload of pdfs please comment.

Copy to Anthony Albanese

I've been updating the Dying of Thirst paper with further research. I sent a copy to Mr. Anthony Albanese, Federal Shadow Minister for Water Infrastructure.