Desal plant construction to start this month

Finally someone has had the cojones to make a decision on this whole we need to safeguard our water supplies issue.

CONSTRUCTION of Sydney's desalination plant will begin within a fortnight after the NSW government officially signed the contract.

Leighton Holdings and its joint venture partner, water services company Veolia Water, were awarded the $1.76 billion contract to design, build, operate and maintain the plant at Kurnell in Sydney's south for 20 years.

Although i admit that i see some troubled times ahead. How long do we reckon it is gonna be til people start complaining about the colossal waste of money, you know now that we have had a couple of weeks of rain.

There had been no decision to delay or abandon the plant despite recent strong rainfall in Sydney catchment areas which have boosted dam levels to above 60 per cent capacity, he said. We are past the point of no return,'' Mr Iemma told reporters.