australian rainfall
Posted by: 43beans55
23rd Jul 2009 11:47pm
i live in adelaide south australia and we have had a bumper rainfall this winter to date.how is the rest of this lovely nation of ours faring regatrding drought conditions and should adelaides water restrictions be slightly relaxed now
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Anonymous
I think the water restrictions should be kept in place for a while longer atleast til they make it compulsory for everyone to have a rain water tank in the back or front yard I am a strong believer of rain water tanks. I am in perth and I have noticed that are climate is becoming more tropical each year that goes by
Magenta Bruine
I live in Canberra and we had a lot of rain over summer which is really unusual here. Strange weather lately, could it be climate change? Not sure.
Magenta Bruine
I live in Canberra and we had a lot of rain over summer which is really unusual here. Strange weather lately, could it be climate change? Not sure.
nette
I still get upset when I see we are having great rainfall and it isn't being harnessed, still goes down the gutters and out to sea.
It should be mandatory for all new housing to have slimline tanks installed, instead of leaving it up to the few who are conscientious (or can afford it at a later date when it is more costly). Just makes sense in this country which is so drought prone and getting more so.
dingodan
Where is the Vision that built the Snowy Scheme. Billions of gigalitres of rainwater flow into the sea across the North . It must be for at least 100 yearsther has been talk of turning the rivers inland to keep Lake Eyre filled , We have enough Solar RadiationCapability to build the Worlds Biggest Desalinatin Plant
to pump enough water to keep the Murray flowing.
dingodan
PukPuk
Lots of rain but most fell on the wrong side of the storage facilities. At least it should reduce the need for unnecessary water consumption on household gardens.
Yqsymnx
Was driving the other day when it was raining hard.
I can really see the impact of harvesting stormwater.
Not to say that the infrastructure will be cheap, available or able to be instantly installed. But wouldn't people think it would be as simple as catching it where it comes out? I mean it goes into the drain at certain points and flows through the system. So just catch it all at the end and divert it somewhere useful.
karlenesoh
I personally think that everyone should put water saving methods into practise if the government was willing to help out we could arrange to have all the water used inside to automatically be spread through everyones yards so then nobody will have to waste water on their gardens because they are automatically watered when we have a shower or do the washing, this way less water would be used and more could bulk together to increase water supplies and clean away all of the harm we have done to the waterways. so no water restrictions should never be relaxed
Yqsymnx
We really didn't have that good a rainfall.
Currently, we still require quite a bit before our lakes, rivers and dams are anywhere near the levels we want them to be. If we were in a good position, we wouldn't be wanting of the water coming down from Queensland and having the argument with NSW about it.