Doctors for Native Forests commisioned a review of Melbourne's water catchments. The report into the catchments reveals that billions of litres of water will be lost to logging and the integrity of Melbourne's water supply is being damaged due to government policy.
Melbourne is reaching the limits of supply. water shortages loom and action needs to be taken now. Yet the report reveals that water lost to logging is expected to reach 60,000 million litres per year, equivalent to that used by a quarter of a million households. Melbourne Water is losing water worth over $40 million and is being forced to raise the price of water to reduce demand to make up for water lost to logging.
The link below opens the report as a pdf.
Report into
Melbourne's catchments