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WATER CRISIS: C W A BACKBONE OF OPPORTUNITY THE COUNTRY TO IMPROVE
By JOHN RYAN
ROGER FLETCHER is the first to admit that any good crisis presents an opportunity to improve. He’s been championing the move for Dubbo to adopt water restrictions, despite claims from some public figures that the city is sitting on vast reserves of water. Mr Fletcher said the equation isn’t as simple as comparing Dubbo’s aquifers to a giant tank of potable, easy-to-extract water just sitting there waiting to be pumped to the surface. “That’s some of the problem we’ve got. There’s a lot of people out there who think there’s a huge amount of underground water, but the quality of that water varies. Dubbo’s been growing and we’ve never had a water problem before, but this is an extreme situation where the springs have dropped, and the water’s not running into the dam,” Mr Fletcher told Dubbo Photo News.
He described the current water situation as “quite worrying” but does see light at the end of the tunnel. “We can make it through with good management, so the next job is looking at the future.” He believes that, as Dubbo continues to grow, getting water supply right is crucial – but planning must include the whole
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region, including Wellington which doesn’t have the same bore water access that Dubbo has been able to fall back on. “We’ve also got a responsibility to all the towns west of us because Dubbo wouldn’t be here without those western towns,” Mr Fletcher said. Continued on page 4
PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/SOPHIA ROUSE
Members of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) have long suffered an assumption they just love to cook, but the generations-old organisation, represented here by local members Marion Anderson, Denise Quealy, Joan Yeo, Audrey Tremain, Karen McHale and Tracy Blackburn, are more frequently found working to support the community in its hour of need.
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The CWA also actively lobbies governments over rural issues, in particular those that impact rural families, such as the need for rollbars on quad bikes and medicinal marijuana. Group president Karen McHale spoke to Dubbo Photo News about local branch activities and the value of supporting rural women.
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