Protest Desalination Plant at Wonthaggi

Rally in Opposition to the building of a Desalination Plant near Wonthaggi to supply water for Melbourne, held on May 9, 2009.

One person was arrested when protesters carrying two banners walked onto the Desalination Plant proposed site near Wonthaggi on May 9. The occasion was a rally at the gates of the proposed site organised by Watershed Victoria and Melbourne supporters.

“Last chance to have your say – if you build it, we won't pay”

For over two years, anti-desal campaigners have organised rallies, meetings, film showings, debates and briefings, outlining the real costs of this project and putting forward the practical alternatives to an energy guzzling desalination plant on the Bass Coast. Despite the spiralling costs of the pilot plant itself, the scarcity of data, criticism of the project from experts inside and outside the government, as well as doubts about financing the project, the government continues to push ahead.

More and more locals and Melbourne residents are waking up to the real cost of desalination, to the environment and our pockets.

More Information:
www.watershedvictoria.org
www.yourwateryoursay.org

Watch videos of this protest at Takvera's Youtube Channel

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items are from 09 May 2009.