Water needs of Parkes electorate

The Cudgegong River flows through our property at Goolma. It is sad to watch it declining and realise that we had been warned about Climate Change in the early 1990s. But I can say there is hope. You can’t predict new ideas and innovations. For instance, “Carbon Farming” methods can capture more rainfall in rootmass of pastures and crops, protecting the soil against increased temperatures and allowing the plants to make better use of the reduced rainfall. Farmers, graziers and others interested can attend the world’s first Carbon Farming Expo & Conference on 16th-17th November, 2007 at AREC in Mudgee. Carbon Farming also captures and stores CO2. With 450 million hectares of agricultural land in Australia and 5 billion in the world, we only need farmers to capture and store half a tonne of CO2/hectare to completely wipe out the CO2 problem. But as farmers capture and hold more water in their soils, there will be less runoff. So we need recycling and reuse facilities in all ‘town water supply’ areas.