‘YUK factor’ ends recycling hopes
- From: Vol 7, Issue 8 (August 2006)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Australia
The people of Toowoomba are not convinced that technology can make wastewater safe to drink. Peter Trute reports.
Australia’s first official measure of public acceptance of potable recycled water has ended in a comprehensive defeat which casts a shadow over the future of the technology in this country.
The Queensland city of Toowoomba, the state’s largest inland centre with a population of 90,000, went to the polls on 29 July for a referendum on whether ...
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