Dunoon Dam – The Echo
Craig Zerk, East Ballina As an engineer with over 45 years’ experience working in the water supply industry, I support the new water Strategy proposed by Rous Water and I am opposed to the Dunoon Dam. There are some very significant reasons for favouring groundwater over construction of a new dam downstream of the existing Rocky Creek Dam. Economically, groundwater offers the lowest Net Present Value and can be sequentially staged over decades to meet the needs of a growing population. By comparison, the dam involves a huge up-front cost (the estimate as at 2020 was $220 million – but we...
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