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Independent Review Panel

The NSW Government has established an Independent Review Panel to provide expert advice and monitor progress of the Metropolitan Water Plan.

On 8 December 2006, Professor Peter Cullen, on behalf of the Independent Review Panel, wrote to the Premier of NSW to provide its advice as to the progress of the Metropolitan Water Plan and the priorities in the next phase of implementation.

You can read the letter here.

The Panel was chaired by Professor Peter Cullen, until he sadly passed away on 13 March 2008. Professor Cullen was a Commissioner of the National Water Commission, a member of the Wentworth Group of Scientists and Professor Emeritus at the University of Canberra. He was an active voice for sustainable water managment in Australia and a valuable member of the Independent Review Panel.

Other members of the Panel include:

Professor John Langford - the former Executive Director of the Water Services Association of Australia
Dr Ronnie Harding - the Chair of the NSW Council on Environmental Education, and an academic expert in the field of environmental management
Mr Chris Davis - the Sustainability Partnership Development Manager at the Institute for Sustainable Futures and Australia's representative to the World Water Forum
Mr Ross Chapman - economist formerly with The Centre for International Economics
Ms Blair Nancarrow - an expert in social attitudes research and current Director of the Australian Research Centre for Water in Society at the CSIRO.

The Panel is considering how community views on water saving, recycling, supply and river health can best be integrated into ongoing planning to secure Sydney's water future.

To find out more view Chapter 10 of the Plan.