General News
21 March, 2024
Closure sign of hollowing out, says irrigator
KEN Pattison says the closure of GMW’s Pyramid Hill office and depot was another sign of the water industry hollowing out. The Fernihurst farmer said contraction of presence in irrigation district communities meant the loss “of intellectual...
KEN Pattison says the closure of GMW’s Pyramid Hill office and depot was another sign of the water industry hollowing out.
The Fernihurst farmer said contraction of presence in irrigation district communities meant the loss “of intellectual horsepower needed in running a system”.
Mr Pattison said he received notification of the closure from GMW on Monday in “a sign of the hollowing out of support we used to have”.
“There used to be 15 people in Pyramid Hill. The system is less reliable and it looks like we’re on a hiding to nothing,” he said.
“And by the time we lose water under Tanya Pliberseck’s latest buybacks, GMW water will be nothing more than a headworks company offering online forms to fill in if people are suitably technologically savvy.”
Terrick Ward councillor Dan Straub said the closure of the Pyramid Hill depot was disappointing, taking people out of the town.
Locals also said they had noticed less activity since the office became by appointment