Desalination Information Sessions

DATES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION SESSIONS

FRIDAY JULY 27th  7 - 9pm San Remo Recreation Centre

MONDAY JULY 30^th  6 - 8pm Wonthaggi Community Arts Centre

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1st 12noon - 2pm Kilcunda Community Hall

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1st 6 - 8pm Inverloch Community Centre

 

Please try to attend your local session, voice your concern and ask, ask, ask, ASK your questions 

Where:

 The Riffle Range, Reed crescent Wonthaggi (off Cameron Street)

When:

 Saturday July 18^th from 10am to 3pm

What to bring:

Boots, drinks, hat, weather proof clothing

Sausage sizzle lunch will be provided

Organized by:

 Friends of Wonthaggi Heath land and Cape Paterson Coastal Plans Landcare

For more info call: 56721066

spread the word!

This is just a post to update everyone on some issues:

Environment week at Wonthaggi secondary was supposed to be this week but has now been moved two weeks back.

It starts on Monday the 6th of august and ends on Friday 10th. At the moment im in the process of sourcing prizes for the week.

 

The anti desalination group: the group that hosted the desalination protests meeting in Wonthaggi has a website that has lots of info on water the address is. www.yourwateryoursay.com visit the site and have a bit of a read.

 

At the moment i am chatting with some other teens who are against the desal plant we are thinking of setting up a youth group against the plant.   

well tonight the 12th of july was the public meeting on the proposed desalination plant. The wonthaggi town hall was pacced full of passionate people who feel strongly in their opposition to having a desalination plant situated in OUR coast. so many interesting points were raised in regards to the plant. eg. it is probosedthat the plant will be carbon neutral. it is curently stated that this will be achieved by erecting 150 wind turbines. at current rate the wonthaggi wind turbines supply about 18% of there total capacity if there reliability rate were to be taken into acount they would need to erect about 750 wind turbines to offset the emmisions. I wonder where they will be situated? apparently there will be about 4 big trucks coming to the plant daily to colect toxic waste from the desalination plant! how much toxic waste as well as salty brime will this plant produce? below is a quote from the book twenty thirst century by john archer

"All desalination plants generate a lethal by-product- a poisonous concentrated saltwater mixed with toxic chemicals. Chemicals are essential in order to prevent salt corrosion and the build up of scale in the plant. Acid is added to the incoming seawater to reduce its alkalinity and prevent the formation of calcium carbonate.

highly toxic scale- inhibiting chemicals are also used to protect the pre filters. for every litre of desalinated water, a litre of poison is pumped back into the sea." 

Hmmm is this a fate we want to see for our precious coast? is this what we want to subject the ocean and its beautiful and precious dwellers too?

we are the youth of this coast its time we made a stand to those politicians who feel they can dictate our future just for a quick fix!

If you would like a copy of the chapter on desalination from the book twenty thirst century please email me on enviro-aware@hotmail.com and request the file. it is about 9 pages long well worth a read!