UTS study says NO for Tillegra
An independent report by the University of Technology Sydney An Independent Review of Supply-Demand Planning in the Lower Hunter and the Need for Tillegra Dam found that with lower water consumption and increased supplies, drought security was at a 30 year high, that alternatives would cost hundreds of millions less and that the Tillegra Dam project should be abandoned. The report, commissioned by the Wilderness Society, a member of the Save the Williams River Coalition, and conducted by the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) is a blueprint for the government to develop a sustainable urban water strategy for the Lower Hunter. In fact if water conservation initiatives were expanded to similar levels to Sydney’s it will be 2050 before any new supply options for the Lower Hunter need even be considered!
Professor Stuart White, director of the ISF, said the results of the study overwhelmingly demonstrate that the proposed Tillegra Dam is an expensive, unnecessary and wasteful approach by the government to securing the region’s future water needs.