The Victorian government will be having an inquiry into "Melbourne’s Future Water Supply" soon, but even though this is really important, and is the subject of major public debate and interest, it looks like you need to register first with enrc@parliament.vic.gov.au first. The main page is Here and the terms of reference here.
Even though the inquiry is to report by the end of 2008, and was referred by the Legislative Council back in September 2007, it still isn’t "open", as my request for information got this response a couple of days ago from the "Executive Officer" of the staff of the committee.
The inquiry is yet to commence. I will have someone notify you when submissions are invited.
Details of the inquiry over the fold:
- Inquiry Name: Melbourne’s Future Water Supply
- Subject: the relative merits of supplementing Melbourne?s water supply.
- Dates:
- Referred: 2007-09-19 September 2007
- Reporting no later than:
- Web Pages:
- Contacts:
- Email: enrc@parliament.vic.gov.au
- Phone: (03) 8682 2803
- Fax: (+613) 8682 2805
- SnailMail: Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Parliament House, Spring Street, Melbourne 3002, Victoria, Australia
- Terms of Reference:
The Environment and Natural Resources Committee is required to inquire, consider and report no later than 31 December 2008 on the relative merits of supplementing Melbourne?s water supply by some or all of the following means:- further water savings that can be achieved by increased conservation and efficiency efforts;
- the collection of stormwater;
- the re-use of treated waste water;
- the use of groundwater;
- small locally based desalination plants;
- any other optional water source which appears to the Committee to be appropriate.
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council of Victoria, No. 38 : Wednesday, 19 September 2007
A similar post, but including snarlsthoughts about the delays between referral and opening, is here.
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