My comment is, you can’t soften what you ain’t got.

We are now on restrictions and if the current weather pattern continues, it will only be a few weeks and we will be on level three or four.

I suggest that Tamworth Regional Council water enterprise project officer Ian Regan visits Barraba and familiarises himself with our water situation and what the Barraba community wants.

That is, a secure water supply, which we pay for through our rates, and expect.

Ian, the water from Split Rock Dam is approximately half the hardness of our local supply – softening problem solved.

A pipeline from Split Rock Dam – secure water supply solved.

It is time for TRC to revise the cost of a pipeline to a more realistic figure and proceed with work that is going to meet the Barraba community’s expectations.

David York

Barraba