Saving trees will save water
Katherine Selwood, Waverley, The Age (letter), 14/08/2001
Despite the obvious shortage of water supplies, the State Government
is placing our precious water resources underthreat from clearfell logging
in the catchment area of Melbourne's water, the central highlands.
The negative impact of logging on water catchments and ecosystems is
massive. Logging alone reduces the amount of water by up to 50 per cent
because regeneration forests use more water in their fast-growing
phase. Water qualify is also threatened as sediment drains into streams
It is important that we improve our water conservation in the home and
industry - but equally vital that we stop clearfelling of our catchment
areas.