pomtastic

I know Queensland is getting flooded right now but over in the West the water supply problem is heating up.

I expect the price of water will escalate and local produce will also rise tremendously. It's not exactly cheap to live here right now, oh yes, gas is going up 60% but that's another thread.

What bugs me is that our state is still piling in the migrants when our water supply is obviously not good enough to sustain the population. Something's got to give.

Taking a bath or long shower will become a decadent luxury in the future. People with water consuming gardens will get flour bombed in the near future.

Something needs to be done and done fast

http://www.watoday.com.au/environmen...0303-pins.html

Amazulu

Then again they might not.

crap coffee

Why worry so much? You don't have to live there. Go somewhere else. Its as simple as that.

SO GLAD I don't live in Oz.

I don't see the appeal of moving to a desert..

personally I DO NOT WANT that sort of EXTRA STRESS on a daily basis - especially living in (what is called) a _civilized_ country -- like water saving aLL THE TIME, 2 minutes shower rules, no car wash etc etc. That's a totally crazy thing, isn't it? How annoying. I'd rather be in cold miserable Britain somewhere. I can't imagine living like that.. Today, took an hour and 40 minutes shower & bath.. but who cares? SO GREAT that I can use water as much as I want to.

irishbloo

You must have been filthy if you needed to spend that long washing yourself.

pomtastic

I'm only encouraging debate Amazulu. I'm interested on people's views. Whether it's a fact or not or whether their views agree with mine is irrelevant. Nobody knows for sure about anything, absolutely nothing but doesn't mean we can't discuss it on a forum.

pomtastic

I wouldn't say not washing is stressful, in fact I'd say it would be rather liberating but there again I'm a stinking Pom.

sportsendurance

Well Pomtastic I think this is a good thread it's just sad that there are others out there who have nothing better to say than to whinge - they are the ones who give us Brits a bad name!! I believe you were just opening a debate as oppose to whinging yourself!! Gud on ya mate

Amazulu

Absolutely agree - and nothing in my post would suggest otherwise.

crap coffee

but there's a risk anyway.

wanttobedownunder

It's ok, they will have found water on Mars by then and we can all move there, need to get my 175 in now

mulben

Perth has never had the restrictions that some eastern cities have had to impose due to better planning and forward thinking.

1.First to have sea water distillation x 2 plants
They can and will build more if it becomes that desperate
At this time it adds $50 to an average bill ($1/week )

2.Restricted use of potable and local groundwater for many years.

We don,t steal water from other river valleys in the name of efficiency
(mainly because we can,t )

moneypenny20

World's going to end in December 2012, why worry about 20 years time? When we arrived 4 1/2 years ago, SEQLD were in the middle of a dreadful drought. Stacks of rain since and the dams are full again. Not saying the problem has gone away, bad water management hasn't changed so it will always be an issue but nature has a way of redressing the balance.

jimbo_d

I work for closely with the Water Corp on a number of their projects. This does appear to me to be sensationalistic spin coming out of Labor to support their climate policies rather than fact. The Water Corp are the most proactive water authority in Australia, building solutions before the problem occurs and not after like the rest of the states. They built the first desal plant, now building a second which has expansion plans built in to double in size, along with planning of recycling and more desal plants in the pipeline. On top of that there is the massive underground bore water supply that although it's use should be restricted, in plentiful in supply and is the reason why the people of Perth have never had serious water restrictions like Brisbane, even though they get a lot less rain.

pomtastic

Fantastic and nicely explained post jimbo_d!!! Nice to have an answer from the horses mouth and from someone who knows exactly what they are talking about!!

This just confirms my thoughts that the main stream media is a complete joke in Australia.

hoofie2002

Nice one mate - there a few things wrong over here in the West but the management of the water resources seems to be about right. Not too much hectoring or a sledgehammer approach but just enough information/nudging to make people manage their use better.

Anyway we can always build the canal to the Pilbara !!