[SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
Apr 21st 2005, 9:39 pm
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Re: [SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
Australia - gert by clouds.
Drought through SE Asia:
Drought Worsens in Southeast Asia (March 25, 2005)
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) - DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION April 7, 2005
Drought through SE Asia:
Drought Worsens in Southeast Asia (March 25, 2005)
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) - DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION April 7, 2005
Apr 21st 2005, 9:49 pm
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Re: [SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
Originally Posted by wmoore
I missed that one.
When I was in Brisbane last year I actually took a photo of the Brisbane riverbank because the water was well down (4 months plus snice any decent rain I think) but then a couple of days later, the heavens opened and it chucked down for 3 or 4 days. Most of the locals we spoke to at the time were pretty chuffed with that
When I was in Brisbane last year I actually took a photo of the Brisbane riverbank because the water was well down (4 months plus snice any decent rain I think) but then a couple of days later, the heavens opened and it chucked down for 3 or 4 days. Most of the locals we spoke to at the time were pretty chuffed with that
Don't think I mentioned the locals, did I? Being locals, they have more sense
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Apr 21st 2005, 10:54 pm
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Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Yep, we discussed this in a thread last week, there are still people who complain when its rains though! 
Its raining again this morning, but once again only so lightly that theres no run off into any of the dam
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Its raining again this morning, but once again only so lightly that theres no run off into any of the dam
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Apr 21st 2005, 11:01 pm
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Re: [SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Flippin rain !! I hung the washing out yesterday, but forgot to bring it in again, and now it got wet overnight again !! Flippin rain !!
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Apr 21st 2005, 11:26 pm
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Re: [SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
Originally Posted by wmoore
"SOUTHEAST Queensland is only 18 months away from "total failure" of the drinking water supply, a top-secret Brisbane Water memo leaked to The Courier-Mail has starkly warned."
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.a...5E3102,00.html
Pretty scary stuff. Especially with all the people heading that way.
Or is it just paper talk?
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.a...5E3102,00.html
Pretty scary stuff. Especially with all the people heading that way.
Or is it just paper talk?
Maybe they could connect the water pipes to the Breweries.
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Apr 21st 2005, 11:35 pm
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Re: [SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
Look here for current dam capacity:
http://www.seqwater.com.au/content/s...me=NoticeLink1
Taking Wivenhoe at 44% current capacity and 0.6% used since last week means that all capacity would be gone by September 2006 without rainfall refilling the dam. If it's true that water is useable only down to 10% capacity then we've got enough to last until May 2006.
http://www.seqwater.com.au/content/s...me=NoticeLink1
Taking Wivenhoe at 44% current capacity and 0.6% used since last week means that all capacity would be gone by September 2006 without rainfall refilling the dam. If it's true that water is useable only down to 10% capacity then we've got enough to last until May 2006.
Apr 21st 2005, 11:45 pm
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Re: [SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
i read a report in the guardian about 6 months ago stating that australia has more available drinking water per person (by about 6 times) than the netherlands, and the only drought areas are the inland areas. they were actually ridiculing the idea that the main population areas (though i would suspect they were on about the east coast) were anywhere near having issues with water shortage
Apr 21st 2005, 11:47 pm
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It's interesting to see how much we need to cut back on water usage to ensure that current capacity is not expected to run out until after the summer 06/07 rainfall.
Again assuming that 10% of the capacity is not drinkable; that 0.6% of capacity is used each week (normally) and that what is left needs to get us through to the end of February 07, how much do we need to reduce water consumption starting now?
The answer is about 40%.
Again assuming that 10% of the capacity is not drinkable; that 0.6% of capacity is used each week (normally) and that what is left needs to get us through to the end of February 07, how much do we need to reduce water consumption starting now?
The answer is about 40%.
Apr 21st 2005, 11:53 pm
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Originally Posted by brisnick
i read a report in the guardian about 6 months ago stating that australia has more available drinking water per person (by about 6 times) than the netherlands, and the only drought areas are the inland areas. they were actually ridiculing the idea that the main population areas (though i would suspect they were on about the east coast) were anywhere near having issues with water shortage
l don't think Queensland will run out of drinking water its probably just political scaremongering.
Apr 21st 2005, 11:57 pm
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Over here in WA the idiot Gallop wont commit to any canal from the Kimberly or anything yet they keep telling us to water our grassed verges!
Money comes before lives as usual!
Money comes before lives as usual!
Apr 22nd 2005, 12:09 am
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Was woken up 3 times last night with the rain on the roof 
, We have a tin roof and it's like sleeping in a caravan 
but when it rains it rains bucket loads for 10 minutes then stops.
, We have a tin roof and it's like sleeping in a caravan but when it rains it rains bucket loads for 10 minutes then stops.
Apr 22nd 2005, 5:02 am
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Re: [SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
Originally Posted by wombat42
As long as they don't run out of
Maybe they could connect the water pipes to the Breweries.
Maybe they could connect the water pipes to the Breweries.
slightly OT but I remember hearing of a story about the first big cholera break out in london in the 19th century. All these people in a street in london were being struck down with cholera, except for the workers in the local brewery as they drank beer and not from the well in the street that had become contaminated.
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Apr 22nd 2005, 5:10 am
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Re: [SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
Originally Posted by NJJ
slightly OT but I remember hearing of a story about the first big cholera break out in london in the 19th century. All these people in a street in london were being struck down with cholera, except for the workers in the local brewery as they drank beer and not from the well in the street that had become contaminated.
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Apr 22nd 2005, 6:41 am
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Re: [SE Queensland] Water supply to run dry
Originally Posted by PommieLeague
Over here in WA the idiot Gallop wont commit to any canal from the Kimberly or anything yet they keep telling us to water our grassed verges!
Money comes before lives as usual!
Money comes before lives as usual!
Over here some water recycyling wouldn't go amiss. At the moment that is political a minefield. Instead the plan is pump water from the shoalhaven river which will probably kill it. Desalination is the other option being touted but this will become increasingly uneconomical with the current trend in the price of energy.
Apr 22nd 2005, 11:13 pm
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Watch out Queenlanders are now knicking water from their neighbours.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...5-1248,00.html
IF it's good enough to drink, or swim in – then it's good enough to steal. That's the approach Queensland thieves are taking as the worsening drought makes water a valuable commodity.
The worsening drought has spawned a flood of parched desperadoes who have stooped as low as stealing water from people's garden taps. In one of the latest cases, a brazen water thief made off with 460 kilolitres of water from a Hervey Bay industrial estate – enough to half-fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...5-1248,00.html
IF it's good enough to drink, or swim in – then it's good enough to steal. That's the approach Queensland thieves are taking as the worsening drought makes water a valuable commodity.
The worsening drought has spawned a flood of parched desperadoes who have stooped as low as stealing water from people's garden taps. In one of the latest cases, a brazen water thief made off with 460 kilolitres of water from a Hervey Bay industrial estate – enough to half-fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.