Worse than flat beer

Yes, we have all seen flat beer before, except this is actually our filthy drinking water.

Gosford Council's public officer would be familiar with all the spin used to sidestep the elephant in the room.

Many councillors over years have allowed a deterioration of our water reticulation system while they stood by and did nothing.

Friends in South Woy Woy have brought this to my attention directly, because local and state reps have been useless for 20 years on the subject of our under-par water reticulation system.

I personally am very angry because I installed a fire hose 10 years ago, only to find when I needed it. It was made reduntant because my lazy council had simply reduced the water pressure from 120 PSI to about 75 PSI.

This is an attempt to prevent the hundreds of pipe ruptures which are a deserved embarrassment for councillors, and council management.

There are many things which we need before expensive beautification programs.

But none of these things will happen until all our politicians get used to the idea that they are there to do our bidding and spend our taxes the way we want, and not the way the parties want.

The Peninsula must have its broken down, worn out reticulation system brought up to the level of a first class system.

Waiting is no longer an option.

We want what we paid rates for.

Edward James Umina