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Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 18, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toowoomba Regional Council will work with neighbouring councils to form a Water Alliance in an effort to ensure future water security for the Darling Downs.<\/p>\n

At the Council’s August meeting on Wednesday, Councillors voted in favour of seeking expressions of interest from neighbouring councils about forming the group.<\/p>\n

Mayor Paul Antonio said he anticipated the Water Alliance would include the Southern Downs and Western Downs regional councils and Tenterfield Shire Council as well as the TRC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, he was open to other councils joining as well.<\/p>\n

“We currently have an informal partnership with Southern Downs, Western Downs and Tenterfield councils which was initiated to discuss long-term water security options that would benefit the areas the group collectively represents,” the Mayor said.<\/p>\n

“While the partnership has allowed us to discuss water security in general, it\u2019s important we formalise this pre-existing relationship to ensure that we\u2019re able to effectively advocate to other levels of government.”<\/p>\n

Mayor Antonio said water security was the highest priority for Toowoomba.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A formal Water Alliance would allow us to advocate for a collective vision on water-security not only for residential water use, but for agriculture, commercial, industry and all water use.<\/p>\n

“While residents connected to the Toowoomba Water Bulk Supply have added water security through the pipeline that connects us to Wivenhoe, the reality is that this isn\u2019t the long-term solution for our entire region.”<\/p>\n

Mayor Antonio said there were a number of towns in neighbouring regions suffering water shortages and Toowoomba’s concerns were not unique.<\/p>\n

“There are a number of councils in the same boat and having a cross-collaboration approach to water security by a group of councils, rather than an individual council, will no doubt hold much more weight with the State and Federal governments.<\/p>\n

“We have far more power when we work collectively rather than alone.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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