Hugh Nicholson write a letter to the editor in response to Rous County Council's problems with Ballina Council in securing the future water supply. Read more: Rous County Council hits a setback in future water plans

"In her role as a Ballina and Rous County Councillor Sharon Cadwallader has played the 'bad cop' to Keith Williams 'good cop' in a way which has alerted the broader community to the importance of our future water supply.

Without this division and controversy within the council, the broader community would never have stirred itself to become informed of the complexity of water-supply issues in the Northern Rivers.

Through the past 18 months of discussion and debate, residents in Byron, Ballina, Richmond River and Lismore Council areas have become acutely aware of the need for Rous CC to investigate a safe and secure water supply.

It is such a relief to realise, through this process, that Rous councillors have seriously engaged with the issue and voted to provide water to the community from multiple, scalable sources instead of running with the simplistic, single source of a second dam on a small creek.

Thank you Sharon for 'stirring the pot'; and thank you Rous for alerting the community and bringing us with you on the current water supply options. Get on with it!"

Sincerely,

Hugh Nicholson

The Channon 2480