New dam needed

In my mind the only way to create a better water supply is to find a new site for a large capacity dam, a site that has an expert assessment of maximum rainfall.

The locals at Mangrove Creek warned the public and the council that the present site of the dam was unsuitable because of rock type and low rainfall.

The Public Works ignored this advice, after all, what would the locals know, they've only lived there 200 years.

Public Works was the same government department that tried to put a sewerage treatment works on Pelican Island, Woy Woy.

This exercise in crass expediency united the people of Woy Woy in protest and created a new council and state member.

A new dam in the right place is the way to go.

Keith Whitfield, Woy Woy