What is the future of stormwater leaving Byron Bay? Is it all going to the Belongil or will the three current stormwater outlets still be used and remain in place?
People of Byron should be aware that the water and recycling public data website shows that there are kilolitres of treated effluent going into the Belongil now daily – what will be the outcome for the Belongil and the surrounding area if all of these nutrient-rich waters are delivered there?
There are civil engineers still working in Water and Recycling who witnessed the results of Council staff smoke-testing the sewer gravity mains in Mullumbimby in the nineties as well as the investigation by Council staff using CCTV cameras, plus the company who were brought in to a CCTV the Mullumbimby gravity sewer mains in 2003. Why have none of these findings ever been produced?
Annie Radermacher’s letter in The Echo of August 20 is exactly right. Any employee who worked, as I did, from the eighties through to 2005 could testify we all knew the problems associated with the sewer mains, stormwater system, and sewer treatment plants operations being ignored.
The same engineers in Water & Sewer that have worked throughout this period still remain, but no information is forthcoming.
Despite the work outlined by the elected Council for the next ten years the main infrastructure issues are ignored, why?
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
