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 Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:15 pm
((Sorry to make such a serious topic but I'm actually very concerned about this))
With Melbourne's water catchments at their lowest levels in 25 years, it's obvious that we have a problem. I don't know the situation in other states, ('cept when I was in Sydney their water storages were at 60%, lucky so-and-sos, lol), but Victoria, at lease, isn't doing so well.
So, my question? What do you think we should/could do about this? Are you for or againts the desal' plant? The pipeline? Does it drive you mad that when a water pipe bursts it takes Melbourne water half a friggin' day to do anything?
What so you and your family do to save water? Do you know of people who do more/less? What do you think about water saving around the home?
For those in Melbourne (though anyone can comment on this if they please) what do you think of the 155L per person per day target? Reasonable or not? Is the government doing enough?
I'm very interested in this issue, I'd really love to hear everyone's opinions! biggrin
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:14 am
That was something that interested me: How was we be in such a crisis with the lack of water, but it takes 12 hours to get a burst main fixed...
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:23 am
El Rab That was something that interested me: How was we be in such a crisis with the lack of water, but it takes 12 hours to get a burst main fixed... OMG!!!!!! Tell me about it! And then there's all that water that goes to the race track so they can have a nice garden! Not to mention all the sports clubs and businesses getting exemptions! *fumes* *Ahem* Sorry 'bout that. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:36 am
A good idea would be putting tanks under people's backyards. These tanks could collect rainwater to be used on gardens and backyard hoses.
Desalination seems like a good option these days.
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:36 pm
The Murrey river is going down, without that South Australias screwed
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:27 am
Water tanks are a wonderful idea. My family really want to get one, however, they're just too expensive. We have a special wheelie bin with a tap on it that we use but it's not quite the same. sad
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:51 am
The desal plant looks like it's going to be fairly inefficient (uses lots of energy for its output) and won't do enough. That said, they obviously can't make it rain so... idk.
The 155 L per person per day is a bit too easy - we haven't been even close to that high in several years. We currently use about 103 per person per day and we don't have any water efficient devices yet. However, my 12yo is a water nazi and won't let us be too wasteful with long showers etc. We use grey water to keep some plants alive and the rest just have to be strong to survive. (My dad hates our garden though 'cause we let the grass brown off in summer and he likes to keep his lawn green, so he always complains when he visits us)
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:27 am
cathyfugue The desal plant looks like it's going to be fairly inefficient (uses lots of energy for its output) and won't do enough. That said, they obviously can't make it rain so... idk. The 155 L per person per day is a bit too easy - we haven't been even close to that high in several years. We currently use about 103 per person per day and we don't have any water efficient devices yet. However, my 12yo is a water nazi and won't let us be too wasteful with long showers etc. We use grey water to keep some plants alive and the rest just have to be strong to survive. (My dad hates our garden though 'cause we let the grass brown off in summer and he likes to keep his lawn green, so he always complains when he visits us) Well years ago they talked about seeding clouds with some sort of electrostatic to cause them to dump rain in the areas where we can use it. They'd basically send small robots up into the clouds to seed them. Don't know how they got along with that.
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:34 am
My parents have a tank for rainwater (I think) and they also use grey water (they like their garden).
I'm pretty sure you can get some form of grant/rebate from the govt if you get one in.
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:19 pm
I heard about the rebate. However we also heard that the government uses it as a means to keep track of the people who have tanks so they can tax you for the water you collect and use. ninja
....that's what I heard, anyway.
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:05 pm
Just let them try to tax me for using rain water. The day they do that I'll be turning my hose on and running it down into the street. I'm already mad enough my grandparents have a meter on their bore on the farm. The water allocation they have got is like 6 times what they'd normally use and they have to use it otherwise they lose their bore license and have to pay for water they use from the bore.
So basically the government is forcing farmers in the Swan Valley to waste the bore water.
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:20 am
That has got to be among the top ranking stupid things done by the government with regards to water management! rolleyes
I was quite irritated the other day when I saw clips on the news of railway staff hosing the buckled tracks. It didn't seem to do anything, I mean, the trains still didn't run. rolleyes
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:30 am
Chibi_Sunflower That has got to be among the top ranking stupid things done by the government with regards to water management! rolleyes I was quite irritated the other day when I saw clips on the news of railway staff hosing the buckled tracks. It didn't seem to do anything, I mean, the trains still didn't run. rolleyes Wouldn't the smart thing to do be have each train trickle water onto the tracks to keep them cool for the next train on hot days? Prevent the problem instead of trying to compensate for it.
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:30 am
I can't talk about lack of water.
All of my part of Queensland is flaming flooded.
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:47 pm
LightScribe88 Chibi_Sunflower That has got to be among the top ranking stupid things done by the government with regards to water management! rolleyes I was quite irritated the other day when I saw clips on the news of railway staff hosing the buckled tracks. It didn't seem to do anything, I mean, the trains still didn't run. rolleyes Wouldn't the smart thing to do be have each train trickle water onto the tracks to keep them cool for the next train on hot days? Prevent the problem instead of trying to compensate for it. If it's hot enough to buckle the tracks, the tiny amount of water they'd leave would evaporate far to quickly to have any real effect.
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