Selected excerpts from the GRCA's response to Highlands proposal:
"the statement on page 22 (Volume 2) that groundwater movement through bedrock is typically slower than through a porous material...is completely misleading...."
"the discussion included in the Dundalk Municipal water supply is out of date"
"the assumption on page 62 that agricultural water use is continuous and 100% consumptive is not credible"
"a base case has not been presented"
"this means that the quarry must be dewatered at a rate possibly exceeding 600million litres/day perpetually, which would seem challenging'
"On page 73 it is indicated that a similar system is operating at the Milton Quarry.....we were only able to determine that a similar system is proposed for the Milton Quarry..."
"the potential clogging of recharge wells is discussed on page 77, but the conclusions are not supported in the text."
"a number of important details on the proposed water management system are not provided in the report..."
I mean, need I go on?
You could make a drinking game out of this, and everytime the GRCA points out something implausable in Highlands reports take a drink, but seriously you would be completely hammered by the end of the first page. What's the fun in that?
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