Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says it is possible, but not likely, that all of south-east Queensland's recycled water will be used by industry and nobody will have to drink it. Treated waste water is due to go into Wivenhoe Dam from early next year.

Anna Bligh says she would like industry and irrigators to use more recycled water and less drinking water so there would be no waste water left over for drinking. "That's possible, but I think unlikely in the short-term. We've been discussing this matter with the Lockyer Valley irrigators," she said.

"We've always said that industry would have the first call and that any left over would be going into the dam to supplement supplies, so that we stay ahead of the game. "But I don't anticipate those things to make any difference in the next 12 months."

(ABC, 18/11/2008)