The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP,
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
Dear Minister
Re: Tasmania’s Interlaken Lakes
- Drought breaking rains have thoroughly soaked the catchment with the result that all water storages other than these lakes are spilling.
- Principal irrigators now hold many thousands of megalitres of water collected over winter.
- The River Clyde has been in a state of perpetual flood for some months and given the above these flows are likely to be sufficient to supply domestic, stock and irrigation flows for several months at least.
- The emergency supplies from the Shannon River are still available and indeed work is rapidly converting this supply to permanency thereby negating the need to draw extra water from these lakes.
- We believe that the prime motivating factor for irrigators to access Interlaken water is because of its lesser cost than that available from the Shannon. We suggest that allowing supplies on the basis of cost alone devalues the worth and importance of the environment.
Download the complete letter to MInister Garrett from Richard Dax, AAT Chairman
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