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...Toowoomba and Goulburn opt to make Australian history, they won't be global pioneers. Some U.S. cities have had similar schemes for years, and since 2003, Singapore has been adding treated wastewater to its reservoirs, the quality of its NEWater exceeding World Health Organization guidelines. Greg Leslie, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of N.S.W., worked on Singapore's scheme with engineering firm CH2M HILL, which is proposing to upgrade Toowoomba's sewage-treatment plant. Leslie thinks objections raised to such schemes in Australia verge on hysteria. "I can't fathom anyone in their right mind saying they...
...just getting started, says the csiro's Blair Nancarrow: "Scientists aren't just trusted automatically anymore. You have to have a partnership with the community." Next month's poll in Toowoomba will shape the future of that debate. But a yes vote will only make it the first Australian community to officially welcome recycled water into its kitchens. Richmond, on Sydney's outskirts, takes water from the Hawkesbury River, into which treated effluent is discharged, as does Adelaide, from the Murray. Says csiro water expert Peter Dillon: "There are probably more people in the world taking water supplies from sources...
...security had collapsed so completely that Foreign Minister Jos? Ramos-Horta went on Australian TV, asking for troops "to prevent the country sliding into further chaos." The first Australian forces arrived at the end of last week. The fresh need for foreign troops just a year after the departure of the last international peacekeepers raises doubts about the long-term prospects of the world's youngest nation. East Timor suffers not just from ethnic violence but from chronic crime, severe poverty and unemployment. "The way in which the country has been governed in the last few years has left...
...government forces] push me. I will push back at them," says Reinado, who last year completed a three-month course in maritime planning at the Australian Defence College in Canberra. "If I wanted to, I could be in Dili two days ago. But I'm not a criminal. I don't want to injure civilians. So far, no civilians have been hit by any bullets...
...caller who asks about the arrival of Australian troops, he says: "What do the Aussies do here? Why aren't they out having a look around? Are they here for a holiday?" Later, over curried chicken and fried rice in the pousada's once grand dining room, Reinado holds court among his admiring followers, whose automatic rifles are left loaded and ready at the door...