A hefty crowd of 270 turned out to hear about Queensland's water future at the Rural Press Club of Queensland's March event.
Rural Press Club of Queensland president Stacey Wordsworth said outside of Ekka and Beef Australia it was the largest crowd they have hosted for a lunch at the Tattersall's Club.
Attendees heard from Urannah Water Scheme director John Cotter, Sunwater chair Leith Boully, and Riparian Capital Partners managing director Nick Waters, in a panel discussion facilitated by Queensland Country Hour presenter Arlie Felton-Taylor.
Sunwater chair Leith Boully copped a number of heated questions from the crowd regarding the management of Paradise Dam.
Ms Boully likened the decision to lower the dam wall to a cancer diagnosis.
"What if you have an number of medical practitioners diagnose you with cancer, and there was some uncertainty about what the type of cancer was and how the treatments were going to work?" she said.
"Would you delay a couple of years until the science was more robust or your family and community had a better view of what your success rate might be?
"Well I look at Paradise in that way."
Ms Boully said Sunwater was given very good technical advice about the safety of the dam wall and they had acted upon it.
A full report will appear online and in the March 12 edition of Queensland Country Life.
