Critics pooh-poohed water scheme but ex-mayor says sewage is

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A former Queensland mayor has called for the south-east’s controversial recycled water scheme to be fired up amid declining levels of drinking water in the region’s dams.
Faced with the “Millennium Drought”, former Toowoomba mayor Di Thorley championed an Australia-first project in 2006 to pump treated sewage into Toowoomba’s drinking supply.
Former Toowoomba mayor Di Thorley in 2007.
Credit:Glenn Hunt
But the plan was kiboshed after a referendum in which the community overwhelmingly voted “no”, with 61 per cent of voters rejecting the proposal.
Terms such as “Poowoomba” were bandied about and the no campaign included a group called Citizens Against Drinking Sewage.

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