Wivenhoe pipeline

DAVE Fredericks, is it a good idea to be putting more stress on the Wivenhoe, Somerset water supply? The additional pumping capacity is only a short-term solution.

Wivenhoe is at 40%, about 466,000 megalitres, and Somerset at 61%, about 234,000 megalitres.

What needs to be done is more water storage. New dams, and or increasing the height of existing dams in the region.

Don’t say the catchment areas are not big enough, because when we do get good rain it doesn’t take long for these dams to fill and overflow sending massive amounts of water out to sea.

More storage is needed for the ever increasing population. Not to mention the pipeline to Warwick and Stanthorpe that is also on the cards.

Dams for water storage seems to be a dirty word, but not as dirty as recycled effluent.

KEN STENHOUSE, Gatton