My friend Ross!!
ross.law@sydneywater.com.au
0419258754
Ross Law, was my contact in the communications department of Sydney Water. He was great in the way that he spoke to me while he was sitting in traffic, and i even spoke to him at home once as he had broken his leg!!!
But i could not seem to get him to answer the questions straight....he was very good (Dam communications department) at avoiding what i was actually saying...which was a little annoying to say the least, but he was really nice...so mmmm yeah anyway moving on!
in the end the main information that i got out of him was that :
Sydney Water did not have a time line (That they wanted to share with me) on how long the Cronulla STP would be sufficient to service the population.
He stressed that they had capacity for four times their dry weather flow, but he had little to say when i mentioned the times they have over flowed. He explained that it would not happen again, but could give little reason why this would not happen again, apart from the fact that in the event they would face a heavy fine!
His exact words when i asked why the water was brown on Anzac day were...mmmmm mmmm mmm well i woudl have to se a scientific report on that......
So although i know the water was brown, i have no way of proving it as sadly we have no image, so really i could not chase this up, as all he said was well no it should be clear so i don't know why your though you saw that.
He did tell me that although the Cronulla STP and the desalination plant were really close there was no plans EVER of connecting them or recycling ...or something. He also informed me that the desalination plant would not effect the STP's work flow at all which i thought was strange. Does that mean that all of the liquids dealt with at the desal will go back into the ocean?....
The interview went over a couple of days, andi still struggled ot get him to answer me but i tried i really tried.
I have come to the conclusion that my story is going to have a cross focus on the desal and the STP and the waste of money and energy involved in having two plants which complete a process done under one roof in many countries around the world and with little environmental impact!
About Me
- Georgina Wiles
- I am an Journalism Student at the University of Wollongong. Born in the dusty ochre bowl of the Orange Free state in South Africa and raised among the damp green affluence of Southern England, I was always aware that there was much more out there than the immediate. Following the completion of my secondary school education, the option of further blind studying was far outweighed by the attraction of some wide eyed investigation. At 18 I began planning a trip to South America, starting purposefully in the country I knew the least about; Ecuador.Having joined a voluntary conservation organization I spent the fateful year of 2003 working and traveling in South and Central America. This journey in a very roundabout and poorly planned manor brought me via Southern Africa to the place I now call home; Australia. The unique cultural confluence which exists in Australia has captured my imagination since arrival and from this source of fascination I have found fuel for my interest in Journalism.
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