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Selective Figures Won’t Convince Voters on the Need for the Proposed Tillegra Dam
Kevin Young, General Manager of Hunter Water, has continued to treat the ratepayers of the Hunter with contempt with his release (NH, April 3, $1.2 billion to flow in Tillegra booster) of a few projections from a Monash University study into the economic benefits of the proposed Tillegra Dam.
“This is typical spruiking by the CEO of Hunter Water”, Sally Corbett, Chair, No Tillegra Dam Group, stated. “ Mr Young has released only limited information from this study. No one else has seen these figures. With studies, there is generally a balance of data and information. It is interesting to note that none of the negative impacts of the proposed dam have been reported here. Perhaps a study should be conducted into the other side of the equation, including the real costs of the Tillegra proposal, the effects on the Hunter economy over years of increased water bills, the losses of primary production, the cost of increased greenhouse gases and the impact on the environment. We have been asking Hunter Water to conduct a full Benefit Cost Analysis for this proposal and they have ignored our requests.” continue reading » »