TEC FOI FORCES RELEASE OF DRINKING WATER REVIEW
Monday, 07 June 2010 13:25
A freedom of information request by TEC has forced the release of an independent review of the progress on protecting Sydney's drinking water. The review can be found here. [2010, pdf, 1.29MB]
The Review found most of the original recommendations had been implemented including the establishment of the Sydney Catchment Authority (SCA) divorcing control from Sydney Water. They also drew attention to the fact that a regional environmental plan setting out key responsibilities and assessment processes was not gazetted until 2007. The Panel was concerned that changes to the planning system could reduce the powers of the SCA and warned that ‘commercial principles’ should not have a higher priority in SCA decision making than ‘the health of the community’.
A major problem now is the exposure to contamination of the open
