HANDS OFF BOSTON BAY:
no desal plant at Billy Lights Point
No desal plant at Billy Lights Point: sign the petition
Who is Hands off Boston Bay?
Hands off Boston Bay is a coalition of community, environmental, tourism, scientific, & business voices that reject a desal plant being built in the prime recreational, environmental, & community hub that is the Billy Lights Point area.
There are alternative desal plant locations the government should look at that won’t cost the community, environment, jobs, & the economy.
#ICYMI: video recording of science forum at Nautilus Theatre
A public meeting of over 200 people - held at Nautilus Theatre on 3 May to discuss the science behind SA Water’s recommendation to build a desal plant at Billy Lights Point - is now available at the link below. Click the ‘watch now’ button to watch the forum.
#BREAKING: report slams SA govt decision to nominate BLP for desal plant
Nationally respected marine biologist, Professor Paul McShane, has slammed the recent decision by the SA government to nominate Billy Lights Point as the site for a desal plant, saying it threatens a $200mn p.a. aquaculture zone
#BREAKING: HoBB reacts to SA Govt job wrecking decision to put desal plant at BLP
Media coverage of reactions from HoBB, Sam Telfer to Susan Close’s decision to nominate BLP as the preferred site for a desal plant
#BREAKING: SA Water’s Site Selection Committee chooses Sleaford West
SA Water’s Site Selection Committee which was charged with investing the best site for a desal plant recently selected Sleaford West as the preferred site
#BREAKING: the candidates who reject a desal plant at BLP
Parties and candidates at state and federal level declare they won’t allow a desal plant at Billy Lights Point. Liberal and Labor yet to rule it out!
Lib candidate for Flinders says no to desal plant
Mayor Sam Telfer and candidate for the state seat of Flinders says he doesn’t want a desal plant that will impact EP’s aquaculture industry!
Tumby Bay Council says no
The latest council in the Eyre Peninsula to say no to a desal plant is the District Council of Tumby Bay
SA Water’s science a sham
Reports from three marine science experts suggest SA Water decision not informed by science but politics
Local govt says no to desal plant
UPDATE: four local government bodies reject a desal plant at BLP in the last month
Sam Telfer & Peter Treloar take boat tour of Billy Lights Point
The Hands off Boston Bay coalition explain the damage a desal plant would do
Rex Patrick visits Boston Bay
Rex Patrick recently met with the Hands off Boston Bay coalition
Marine biologist Dr Paul McShane says desal plant not thought through
Dr Paul McShane is a marine biologist and consultant who provides advice on sustainable aquaculture practices both nationally and internationally. In his estimation SA Water & the government haven’t properly assessed the risks to the marine life in Boston & Proper Bays.
Regional jobs, economy under threat
Phil Channon formerly of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank warns hundreds of regional jobs in the Eyre Peninsula could disappear if the Marshall Government’s proposed desal plant is built in the Billy Lights Point area of Boston Bay. And it’s not just in the aquaculture industry…
Eyre Peninsula Mayors are listening, and lobbying SA Water for answers
Local Mayors from across the Eyre Peninsula have toured Port Lincoln’s world class mussel processing facility, listened to Industry concerns and are asking SA Water for further answers.
“Why would you risk local jobs, a $200mn a year aquaculture industry, and our regional economy when we’re coming out of COVID and when a plant can be built for an additional $80 million in Sleaford Bay or elsewhere where there will be minimal human and environmental impact?”
— Phil Channon, former Community Manager at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
handsoffbostonbay@gmail.com
Phone
Mark Andrews
0427 440 194