Why?

The need to dam a highly productive river is yet to be proven...

Why?

Williams Valley

A great place to live

Valley

Williams River at Tillegra

Vital to our community

River

Williams Valley

Area to be inundated if the dam goes ahead...

Valley

Williams Valley

Prime agricultural land

Valley

Dairying

A tradition on this productive land...

dairy cows

Heritage

A living community...

Community Involvement

River water

Vital for biodiversity

river

Williams River

Beautiful...

river

Riverine forest

A rich ecosystem vital for biodiversity

river

A special environment...

Could you vote for a party that would destroy this?

river

Tillegra Bridge

A dead end road? We think not!

protest

No Way!

The need to dam a highly productive river is yet to be proven...

No Way!

The Bad Business of Tillegra Dam

Jul 27th, 2010 by krubelli | Comments Off on The Bad Business of Tillegra Dam

The Hunter Business Chamber hypocritically supports the building of Tillegra Dam.  Investing in the Tillegra Dam seems to me to break all the rules the Chamber would apply for responsible business management.

I run a small business.  Hunter Water’s business is very much larger but we both play by similar rules.  We make sure we can supply what our customers want.  We are accountable to our customers.  We keep up with the trends.  We borrow to expand and we are careful to invest in the business only what we are confident will offer a good return.  Thus we stay afloat and make our profits.
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