Queensland to drink waste water
9 03 2007People in the Australian state of Queensland will
soon have to start drinking water containing recycled sewage, the state
premier has warned.
Premier Peter Beattie said he had scrapped a referendum on the issue, because there was no longer a choice.
He also warned other Australian states might eventually have to do the same because of mounting water shortages.
Water is already recycled in places like Singapore and the UK, but the idea is still unpopular in Australia.
But the country is currently suffering from a severe
drought - the worst on record. Last week Prime Minister John Howard
declared water security to be the biggest challenge currently facing
Australia, and he announced a A$10bn ($7.7bn; £3.9bn) package to tackle
the problem.
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