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The Water decade by Paul Mullins Welcome back Express readers and welcome to the 2020's. As we said in our wrap-up last December, the issue of the 2000's decade was the HUB waste dump proposal at Euchareena Rd. The local consuming issue throughout the 2010's was the fight against forced council amalgamations. Well, for the 2020's you can bet it's going to be about water. On page 4 we report on proposals (finally) to prepare the groundwork for augmentation of Central Tablelands Waters' (CTW) Lake Rowlands dam. Note that CTW supplies water to most Cabonne towns, and, through interconnecting pipelines will augment Orange, which itself will back up Molong, Cumnock and Yeoval water security. But note especially that “CTW has been lobbying continuously for over 20 years for the enlargement of Lake Rowlands." The cost of almost doubling the capacity of the Lake Rowlands dam is around $10 million. The new Sydney Football Stadium is going ahead at a cost of $729 million. Ah yes - it's going to be the water decade. Watch this space.
Australia's warmest and driest year on record Bureu of Meteorology - Annual Climate Statement 2019 See page 4
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Leading Ladies of Cabonne: Please step forward Page 4