Part of Rocky Creek that would have been destroyed by the Dunoon Dam. Photo David Lowe. The last Ballina council meeting saw a contest about the future of water in the Northern Rivers, following Rous County Council’s decision to abandon the Dunoon Dam. After Cr Jeff Johnson’s motion of the morning, which went down, Deputy Mayor and Rous Cr Sharon Cadwallader put up a new motion urging Rous County Council to reconsider, and not boost reliance on underground water beneath the Alstonville plateau. Cr Cadwallader got stuck straight in. ‘There’s one thing I just have to refute, that Cr Jeff [Johnson] said. He said Rous has let us down. I say in the strongest terms that Rous hasn’t let us down…